Breaking- Airliner emergency landing in Ft. Smith Ark. Three mideast types locked in bathroom.

Fox 13 news memphis station | september 11, 2002 | Drawsing

[Drawsing]

My wife just called me with this. I can't find it anywhere else. She saw it on the local TV channel.

[Cyber Liberty]

There's also plenty of room once you let the bull***t out of them.

[jigsaw]

Three people locked in an airplane bathroom?

They probably thought it was a kitchen.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Uh oh.....

Flight from Memphis to Las Vegas, 94 people aboard. Northwest 979, it's an A-320. Nobody injured (yet)...

[TomGuy]

Northwest Airlines Plane Diverted To Fort Smith

POSTED: 10:56 a.m. CDT September 11, 2002
UPDATED: 10:56 a.m. CDT September 11, 2002



FORT SMITH, Ark. -- A Northwest Airlines jetliner was diverted to Fort Smith's airport this morning after a report of suspicious activity aboard.


The Associated Press reported that three suspicious passengers were among the 94 people on the plane, which took off from Memphis, Tenn.

Northwest spokeswoman Mary Beth Schubert said Flight 979, an Airbus A-320 bound from Memphis to Las Vegas, departed at 8:45 a.m.


Police and firefighters surrounded the aircraft once on the tarmac at Fort Smith.

No one was injured.

40/29 reported that several streets around the airport were closed.

Information was not immediately available on what action was taken regarding the three questionable passengers.
Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[KC Burke]

It seems to be a glitch in the signup system. "The Great Satan" has signup number 75639, and several users around that number have the same signup date.

Sure enough. Posters with user numbers 75635 through 75642 all have bogus-glitched sign up dates of 1990. Wierd. Perhaps John will 'splain to us how sun spots reflecting off of my tin foil caused it that week.

[Jonah Hex]

Just don't drink the blue water!

Except you, Sinbad, you may drink all you want....

[Lazamataz]

and why not? I have been a member since 1989 under a different screen name

I've been a member since 1970 under a different screen name.

[blam]

"Just talked to a buddy on the phone, in Ft. Smith, and it's really happening."

Will you call down to Palm Bay, Florida and see what's happening there with the U-Haul truck there?

[Drawsing]

All I heard was what my wife relayed over the phone. Now she is gone on an errand. Oh...the plane originated from Memphis. That's the only other detail I can remember.

[LikeLight]

Where are you finding more info?

[HAL9000]

Northwest Airlines Plane Diverted To Fort Smith

No Injuries Reported

POSTED: 10:56 a.m. CDT September 11, 2002
UPDATED: 11:09 a.m. CDT September 11, 2002

FORT SMITH, Ark. -- A Northwest Airlines jetliner was diverted to Fort Smith's airport this morning after a report of suspicious activity aboard.

9-11 FS Airport Breaking News

The Associated Press reported that three suspicious passengers were among the 94 people on the plane, which took off from Memphis, Tenn.

Northwest spokeswoman Mary Beth Schubert said Flight 979, an Airbus A-320 bound from Memphis to Las Vegas, departed at 8:45 a.m.

Police and firefighters surrounded the aircraft once on the tarmac at Fort Smith.

No one was injured.

40/29 reported that several streets around the airport were closed.

Information was not immediately available on what action was taken regarding the three questionable passengers.

Copyright 2001 by The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

[TheRedSoxWinThePennant]

"negotiating" through the bathroom door!

why those bathroom doors are not bulletproof

[JustAnAmerican]

"Will you call down to Palm Bay, Florida and see what's happening there with the U-Haul truck there?

Bump, interested in that myself. Any reason why it was taken off Breaking news?

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

where do you find the sign-up number?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Ft. Smith (AP) - Officials says all passengers are now off a Northwest Airlines jetliner that was diverted to Fort Smith.

State emergency management spokeswoman Jennifer Gordon says three people acted suspiciously during the flight, and they locked themselves in a bathroom on the aircraft. Officials negotiated with the three, and Gordon now says the three, along with passengers and crew from the plane, are now all off the aircraft.

Northwest spokeswoman Mary Beth Schubert says Flight 979, an Airbus A-320 bound from Memphis, Tennessee, to Las Vegas, departed at 8:45 a.m. The plane had 94 people aboard.

Police and firefighters surrounded the aircraft once on the tarmac at Fort Smith. No one was reported hurt.

[dubyagee]

'67 here.

[Frank_Discussion]

Don't have any friends there, but I'd like to know about that too.

[blam]

"Bump, interested in that myself. Any reason why it was taken off Breaking news?"

Don't know.

[AmericanInTokyo]

the local affiliates for TV in Ft. Smith, plus some from LITTLE ROCK

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

negotiating? Execute them.