[x_plus_one]

So how do they know that he used that name? Don’t trust the airlines, they will fly and die just to avoid lawsuits from Muzzies.

[Androcles]

In the absence of Petruna being willing to front up and prove he was on the plane, it seems awfully likely he was just trying to bignote himself to friends and family.

[PghBaldy]

If I, without much coffee, am reading this right; they don’t deny the chaplain was named Robinson was there, and what the AJC reports is a point by point smackdown of Petrona’s account uses very specific language, almost like a lawyer would write. It would take someone with great courage of conviction to come out and verify that there was a problem on that flight. Remember what happened to the woman in the restaurant down south who described the alleged would-be terrorists (who IIRC laughed and joked about either 9/11 or a futre event), and then was called a racist in the media?

[raybbr]

Nancy Deveikis was seated in seat 29A aboard Flight 297, directly behind an unidentified man who she believes spoke Spanish. Deveikis said the man was looking at pictures on a camera, and did not understand a flight attendant's requests to turn the device off.

At the gate, the passenger -- who didn't speak English -- and a companion were asked to leave the plane, which they did without incident, the airline reported.

So, let's see. A man is able to buy a ticket, board a plane under English instructions, operate a cell phone but yet doesn't understand a simple instruction to turn off his phone?

You'll also notice they don't say what language was used to "ask him to leave the plane".

I don't buy it. I am not sure I buy the whole story but something about the language used in this story is not ringing true.