Just a "Crazy" Lady?: New Info About Diverted Heathrow

Debbie Schlussel.com ^ | 8/17/2006 | Debbie Schlussel

[Rutles4Ever]

Here is information I obtained that was provided to Federal Air Marshals, regarding yesterday's diverted London-to-Washington flight, featuring the "disturbed" woman--hardly a ringing endorsement of airport passenger screening at London Heathrow Airport, less than a week after Operation Bojinka 2 was foiled (she can take screwdrivers, but no lipstick for us): The passenger in question had these possessions on her person according to CounterTerrorist Intel:

Per CBP/NTC [Customs & Border Protection/National Targeting Center], the subject involved in the incident that occurred onboard UA 923 LHR-IAD was found with several objects on her person when she was taken off the aircraft in BOS [Boston]:

* 4 Lighters * Matches * Petroleum Jelly * 6-inch screwdriver * Chapstick * Car alarm remote

It shows that screening of passengers and their belongings is not exactly on par at London Heathrow. And certainly not as strict as the mainstream media is claiming to be. If she could get these on board, so could anyone else.

So much for George Naccara, federal security director for the Transportation Security Administration for Massachusetts Airports, who yesterday, told AP, she wasn't carrying any of these items (and flat out lied), when, in fact, she was:

An airport spokesman previously said the woman was carrying Vaseline, a screw driver and matches, but backed off the statement, and Naccara said it wasn't true.

"I don't know what she had on board with her, but we have been told she did not have a screw driver, she did not have any liquids such as vaseline, and any notebook she may have had, it did not contain an al-Qaida reference," Naccara said. "This is still playing out, of course."

"There was speculation in the beginning of all those items, but those have been proven untrue," he said.

Uh-huh. Since he lied about what she was carrying, did he lie about the note, too? Just asking. And why--if she was just a crazy lady--did they line up passenger's luggage on the Tarmac at Boston Logan Airport and inspect each piece. I mean, that's usually what you do when it's just a crazy lady and not an Islamic terrorist threat. Right?

The woman apparently originated from somewhere other than the UK and they are apparently still trying to ascertain what the deal was.

According to Federal Air Marshals, there were no Federal Air Marshals on the flight--which is interesting considering the mass plot regarding flights from Britain to the U.S., last week. Federal Air Marshals are wondering how come there were no Federal Air Marshals on a passenger-heavy transcontinental U.K. run just a few days after the "giant wake-up call" in London.

[Rutles4Ever]

Comments?

[Spktyr]

Aircraft should be equipped with a passenger ejection system; act up, and the passengers eject you from the plane in mid air.

Without a parachute.

[Mount Athos]

Take it slow before judging.

For example the federal director guy might have simply received bad info, and passed it along as best he knew. That still indicates a problem somewhere in the information chain, just means it might not be with him specifically.

[lilylangtree]

Great idea!

[NonValueAdded]

See also Woman faces charges in flight scare (actually confirms much of the early reports). We keep looking less and less "ept."

[My2Cents]

featuring the "disturbed" woman

Cindy Sheehan?

[goalinestan]

I fly out of Heathrow at least once a year and I would agree - security there does not seem as thorough as in other places in Europe (CDG in Paris for instance).

Although, at least on United flights, there has been secondary screening in place at the gates, since before these planned terrorist attacks.

[weegee]

So much for George Naccara, federal security director for the Transportation Security Administration for Massachusetts Airports, who yesterday, told AP, she wasn't carrying any of these items (and flat out lied), when, in fact, she was:

The authorities denied that Charles Bishop/Bishra committed an act of terrorism when he stole a plane and crashed it into a bank but that is what his suicide note (released 4 months later) said (and he praised Bin Laden in the second paragraph).

And didn't Moose deny terrorism early in the DC sniper case?

The authorities have lied before. This is not to say they always lie. It is just to mean that a denial means nothing.

[bcsco]

I read on another thread the flight originated in Dubai, and she may have even gotten to Dubai from Pakistan. She was a 59 yo woman reporter who had lived in Pakistan for awhile. She had initially gone there (based on her own statements) to me a Pakistani whom she'd come to know over the Internet.

This woman seemed pretty whacked out. Whether from drugs (or their absence when she really needed them) is not known.

[Calm_Cool_and_Elected]

The latest report that I heard was she is from Vermont, 60 yrs old and urinated all over herself during the flight. That came from FoxNews in the last hour.

CC&E

[San Jacinto]

I sat next to a crazy lady once on a flight from Dallas to Chicago. She ranted and raved the whole way about the most trivial items. She criticized every little thing and drove me nuts.

Thank god we later got divorced.

[BadAndy]

"The latest report that I heard was she is from Vermont, 60 yrs old and urinated all over herself during the flight."

Proof she is a Deaniac.

[goalinestan]

Ha...now that's funny...

[rock_lobsta]

This was a test run - another probe of airline security.

[ErnBatavia]

Comments?

Car alarm remotes aren't even allowed? There is NO way travelers will forfeit those.

[SlayerOfBunnies]

ROFL!

[FReepaholic]

Here's an article by her. It's about halfway down the page:

http://flatrock.org.nz/topics/terrorism/miseducating_the_young_on_freedom.htm

Here's her mug:

[Theresawithanh]

LOL!

Reminds me of a favorite saying of a friend of mine.

"Sometimes I wake up grouchy, and sometimes I let her sleep in!"

[shhrubbery!]

Lots of info on Catherine Mayo here:

Woman In Logan Airport Incident Identified

Thread has many links, discovered by FReepers, to Mayo's internet rantings, including her story about her Pakistani lover, "Jumaid."

[saganite]

If she originated somewhere else and didn't leave the secure area during her transfer at Heathrow I don't see how the Brits are to blame here. Find out where she originated and there's your security problem.