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2010-01-16 Home Front: WoT

US airliner receives 'toilet-bomb' threat

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Posted by Fred 2010-01-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Force feed him so much laxative that he never wants to make any such threat again and learns to love a restroom.

Posted by 3dc 2010-01-16 00:21|| 2010-01-16 00:21|| Front Page Top

#2 I believe the Russians reported that the "bathroom method" was used in the 2004 plane bombings.

The Traverse City Record-Eagle (love the name!) has a pretty good account:

A California man, 28, was detained throughout the afternoon after he spent about 15 minutes in the plane's bathroom, where a plastic flap apparently was dislodged sometime during the flight from Chicago.

Traverse City resident Bob Crosby was on the flight, traveling home from a stay in Chicago. He was seated next to a young man who stood and eventually walked to the plane's rear.

"I just happen to have a recollection of seeing him fooling around with his carry-on luggage," Crosby said.

Crosby saw the man handle "a tiny package" before he headed to the plane's restroom.

"I don't know if he took it back there with him," he said.

The passenger, who originally sat next to Crosby, spent roughly 15 minutes in the bathroom, he said.

A flight attendant later discovered a panel inside the bathroom had been "tampered with" after he exited.

Airline officials made an emergency call to police to report "suspicious activity by a passenger on an aircraft," police said.

David Boyer was seated seven rows behind the man, and said he saw him walk into the bathroom.

But Boyer, 47, a Chicago resident who has a house in Acme, called the situation a "colossal misunderstanding."

"He did nothing more than flying while Arabic," he said. "It was a completely normal flight."

Police would not confirm whether the man was of Middle-Eastern descent.

http://www.record-eagle.com/local/local_story_016011021.html

Posted by Pstanley 2010-01-16 03:59|| 2010-01-16 03:59|| Front Page Top

#3 Fifteen minutes in the bathroom? If he'd made multiple such trips I would believe either constipation or severe diarrhea, but otherwise that's very suspicious -- especially if the gentleman was indeed flying while Arab... and making bomb threats. Anyway, making bomb threats is a crime on its own, regardless of individual appearance or national origin.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-01-16 14:13|| 2010-01-16 14:13|| Front Page Top

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