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Fighter Jets Escort Flight 'Out of Abundance of Caution'
CNBC.com ^ | Published: Sunday, 11 Sep 2011 | 4:45 PM ET

Posted on 09/11/2011 1:58:12 PM PDT by jersey117

With the nation on high alert on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, fighter jets were scrambled to escort an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday, after three passengers refused to come out of a bathroom, according to a report by NBC New York.


TOPICS: Extended News
KEYWORDS: 911bathroomflight; 911bathroomincident; 911terrorthreat
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1 posted on 09/11/2011 1:58:16 PM PDT by jersey117
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Send the bill for the Fighter Jets to the three passengers. They will come out next time.


2 posted on 09/11/2011 2:01:39 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: jersey117

Those folks better have on a pair of Depends on full load...or their arse is grass....


3 posted on 09/11/2011 2:03:37 PM PDT by RowdyFFC
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The three is just taping an episode of one of those new Reality TV shows.. or sumthin’.

I look forward to air travel but hopefully won’t require a fighter jet escort to top off the trip.


4 posted on 09/11/2011 2:03:52 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard .. Obama: Epic Fail or Bust!!!)
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To: Venturer

Seems like a strange thing for THREE passengers to do during a flight on 9/11.


5 posted on 09/11/2011 2:04:25 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Venturer

What if they get notes from their doctors verifying that they suffer from chronic constipation? Next case...;)


6 posted on 09/11/2011 2:05:51 PM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Frank_2001

Maybe they were slaughtering a goat....Oh...sorry applies to Afghan Airlines only....


7 posted on 09/11/2011 2:07:53 PM PDT by spokeshave (Obamas approval ratings are so low, Kenyans are accusing him of being born in the USA.)
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To: Frank_2001

Tell them to eat a McDonalds “Big Mac’ before getting on the plane.That will move them.

Constipation is not a problem for Big Mac’s


8 posted on 09/11/2011 2:08:06 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: jersey117

Three passengers were in ONE bathroom? How do you do that? It’s almost impossible to take a toddler with you in one of those.


9 posted on 09/11/2011 2:08:40 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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When they see what it costs to dispatch a jetfighter, they will sh1t.


10 posted on 09/11/2011 2:09:10 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: OpusatFR

Interlocking parts.


11 posted on 09/11/2011 2:09:39 PM PDT by Ronin (Obamanation has replaced Bizarroworld as the most twisted place in the universe.)
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To: jersey117

Could it have been just an innocent muslim prayer time?

How insensitive of security..


12 posted on 09/11/2011 2:09:46 PM PDT by 353FMG (Liberalism is Satan's handiwork.)
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To: jersey117

TESTING 1..2..3


13 posted on 09/11/2011 2:14:17 PM PDT by jessduntno (Obama shanks. America tanks.)
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Actually, I am a bit perplexed by the fighter scramble. Three guys in a bathroom may be going bad things, including assembling a bomb or something, but there’s not a lot a fighter can do if that happens.

And why three? One fighter would be plenty to keep an eye on a passenger jet. Two, in case one breaks, is being super safe. Three is just plain silly.


14 posted on 09/11/2011 2:14:53 PM PDT by Ronin (Obamanation has replaced Bizarroworld as the most twisted place in the universe.)
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To: jessduntno

Revoke their citizenship or their visas and deport them without delay.


15 posted on 09/11/2011 2:16:28 PM PDT by Rapscallion (The majority of democrats (50%+) pay no income taxes.)
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To: Ronin

Something rattled the pilot enough to make the call. Why are three men locked in a bathroom during a cross country flight on 9/11? And why did they refuse to come out?


16 posted on 09/11/2011 2:18:49 PM PDT by jersey117
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To: Ronin; mickie
"Three guys in a bathroom....."

Were their names Winken, Blinken and Nod?

Leni

17 posted on 09/11/2011 2:19:28 PM PDT by MinuteGal (Too Bad Those of Us who Work for a Living Have to Support Those who Vote for a Living)
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To: jersey117

Maybe the US needs to re-think immigration law and create a “Conditional Citizenship” for men, women and children. If they screw it up, they get a free trip to the other side of the border.


18 posted on 09/11/2011 2:19:51 PM PDT by Rapscallion (The majority of democrats (50%+) pay no income taxes.)
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To: jersey117

3 guys trying to join the mile high club in a airliner’s toilet? This gay thing has gone way to far.


19 posted on 09/11/2011 2:21:31 PM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (Those who trade land for peace will end up with neither one.)
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To: Ronin

“NORAD scrambled two F-16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely at JFK”

“A NORAD spokesman confirmed the military aircraft intercepted the flight about 100 miles west of New York and shadowed it until it landed.”


20 posted on 09/11/2011 2:21:36 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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