Posted on 01/08/2010 1:25:46 PM PST by STARWISE
Neil Cavuto just read news crossing the wire.
Two fighter jets were launched by NORAD from Tyndall AFB in FL due to an issue with an unruly passenger on an Air Tran flight from Atlanta to San Francisco.
Hopefully, more follows soon.
Plane has landed at Colorado Springs airport.
A young man was taken into custody after the flight was diverted.
The man was thought to be intoxicated and locked himself in the bathroom.
The crew radioed the situation, and the fighters were launched.
Everyone's safe on the flight .. the passenger is in custody.
How drunk do you have to be to want to lock yourself in an airplane bathroom?
at least you wouldn’t get lost.
They should have pressed “FLUSH” from the cockpit.
Awful lot of this stuff going on lately...
how long would it take a jet from Tyndel AFB to intercept a plane out of Atlanta?
Okay, now if this guy is shown to be a young
islamic or convert, I’m starting to get nervous
that these are diversions to keep us off guard
for their coup de gras:
a bomb parachuted into the Super Bowl, suicide
or diaper bomber in a huge mall or theater, truck
bomb into a govt building, etc.
Dear Lord, protect and save us.
LOL!
This "morning after" is going to be a little tougher than before...
How close is Tyndall to this flight? There’s nothing that can scramble a jet there that’s closer?
Obama: “NORAD acted stupidly.”
mmm-mmm-mmmm
comes from experience. Unfortunately.
My first thought was damn Al q must be laighing themselves silly at our over reaction
THEN it dawned on me, we the people are staying vigilant and through that vigilance are stopping crazed muslims from killing us plus getting crazed idiots arrested for behavior that previously would have gone unchecked.
I see this as a win win
However I would like to see who this drunk was before we decide it wasn’t terror related.
I do not believe that Nigerian who was supposedly only sick was not another test.
“how long would it take a jet from Tyndel AFB to intercept a plane out of Atlanta?”
Exactly what I was thinking! You sure some TSA Agent wasn’t planning the intercept?
Breathalyzers before flying and no more in-flight drinks.
Breathalyzers before flying and no more in-flight drinks.
Same goes for the passengers too.
(Colorado Springs, CO) — An apparent drunk passenger on an Atlanta-to-San Francisco flight was arrested today after he locked himself in the airplane’s bathroom.
The incident happened on AirTrans Flight 39, forcing the pilot to divert to Colorado Springs.
Airport officials there say the man was then taken off the plane by police and detained.
The unruly passenger has not been identified.
The flight is expected to depart en route to San Francisco as soon as the investigation is wrapped up.
http://mystateline.com/content/fulltext/?cid=127772
That’s where we’re going...
I’m watching Cavuto also.
First two questions:
WHY was the passenger allowed to board the aircraft DRUNK?
If passenger was sober when he boarded, why was he served the quantity of beverages that allowed him to become DRUNK?
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