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“Man Accused of Threat on Flight”
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BANGOR, Maine (AP) —

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Mackle is accused of telling a Delta Air Lines employee that he was a terrorist after drinking and becoming unruly on Flight 146 from Atlanta. The flight was diverted to Bangor International Airport early Saturday.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “According to an FBI affidavit, he smoked a cigarette in a restroom on the Boeing 76, then became verbally abusive when he was confronted and told a flight attendant he was associated with Osama bin Laden and was going to hijack the plane.

He later responded to an off-duty pilot who told him that the flight might have to make an emergency landing by saying “OK, I’m a terrorist. Go ahead and land the plane,” and punching an off-duty flight attendant, the affidavit said.”

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“Australians Taken Hostage in China Freed”
March 5, 2008 - 5:29am

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Police in China have shot and killed a local man who took 10 Australians hostage on a tourist bus.

The official Xinhua News Agency reports police shot the man after he hijacked a bus in the popular tourist city of Xian on Wednesday morning.”

ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Xinhua says the man, named Xia Tao, was armed with explosives and was shot and killed after a standoff that lasted almost three hours.”