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| Bomb hoax at US domestic flight |
| 2007-04-23 |
| SAN ANTONIO: About 100 passengers were evacuated from a plane destined for Dallas after San Antonio International Airport received a bomb threat, authorities said. The airport received several calls on Saturday, saying that a bomb was in Terminal One, airport spokesman David Hebert said. At around 10:30am, a caller referred specifically to the Dallas-bound flight. Hebert declined to release the name of the airline, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The passengers were evacuated and the plane was taken to a safe zone where airport police and a canine unit found nothing during a search. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Trace the calls, Oh, no, you don't! |
| Posted by: The ACLU 2007-04-23 21:49 |
| #1 Trace the calls, arrest the caller(s), and severely question all his/their friends and relations about their activities and associations. Oh, and when convicted, in addition to, say, a year of prison time, fine the hoaxer(s) for the full cost of responding to the claim: police to track him down, the airline to land, disembark passengers and crew, search, re-embark... and the lost opportunity cost of the passengers because of the diversion, not to mention the subsequent heart attack that old man had because of the stressful situation. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-04-23 15:20 |