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| Arab tries opening jet door at 30,000 feet over North Sea |
| 2003-09-20 |
| Edited for brevity. An Arab who allegedly tried to open the door of an Airbus A321 carrying 105 passengers and crew as it flew at 30,000ft over the North Sea has been charged with endangering an aircraft. Brahim Sbaoui, 33, was held by cabin crew after the pilot alerted them to alleged tampering with a rear door. Sbaoui was a passenger on the Airbus on a flight from Heathrow to Norway. Fearing for the safety of his passengers the Scandinavian Airlines captain immediately diverted back to Heathrow for an emergency landing. Sbaoui was taken off the aircraft and arrested. After being interviewed by police he was charged with attempting to endanger an aircraft and acting in a manner to endanger the aircraft. The article doesn’t say how he was subdued. I should hope that the European passengers have taken our own lessons from 9/11 to heart and didn’t just sit there watching the flight crew deal with it. |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #9 The |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2003-9-20 8:12:07 PM |
| #8 ...And yes, it was a London-Oslo flight from which several men were ejected a couple of weeks ago. |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-9-20 6:06:57 PM |
| #7 Super Hose: I think the little girl across the aisle was playing with an evil, Zionist Barbie doll, and that set him off. |
| Posted by: Dar 2003-9-20 6:03:51 PM |
| #6 Steve, It was on a flight from Sweden to Britain that the Swedish customs nabbed a Moslem cleric packing heat. He was on his way to a conference in the UK and claimed he needed the handgun to protect himself from all those 'Islamophobes'. As I remember it, they cut the guy loose. |
| Posted by: JDB 2003-9-20 5:57:13 PM |
| #5 "Humm, what is it about these flights from Britian to Norway." Don't forget a/Q has specifically targetted Norway. A tape released in May urged attacks on the embassies and interests of the United States, Britain, Australia and Norway. From this BBC article: "Norway, meanwhile, says it has no idea why it was singled out for attacks on its interests. BBC's Lars Bevanger in Oslo says people there are baffled because Norway has a reputation for its attempts to bring peace to the Middle East. Norway has some troops in Afghanistan, but analysts say it is small and other countries have larger numbers. Our correspondent says the Norwegians are hoping al-Qaeda simply got its geography wrong but they are nonetheless taking the threat seriously." Does anyone have an explanation? Perhaps Li'l Binny had a bad family holiday there once, suffered from fjordophobia, was rebuffed by an Oslo girl... |
| Posted by: Bulldog 2003-9-20 5:33:52 PM |
| #4 Maybe the stewardesse displayed a little too much ankle or was wearing purfume. That can drive a moslem man beyond the bounds of sanity or so the Iman says. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-20 3:33:39 PM |
| #3 Humm, what is it about these flights from Britian to Norway. Was it last week they grabbed a couple of arab types with knives trying to board ans a while back I believe they nabbed someone with a gun? Or was the gun going the Norway - Britian route. |
| Posted by: Steve 2003-9-20 2:13:59 PM |
| #2 Would it be surprising if we found out that soylent green was now a main course in North Korea? |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-9-20 11:43:07 AM |
| #1 T'would have been nice if they had been able to assist him in his exit and then closed the door behind him - hitting him in the ass in the process. He could've been the world's first Izzoid Suicicle. Hmmmm... organic and in short supply... I'll bet, after he hit the ground, he would have been considered a delicacy in China. |
| Posted by: .com 2003-9-20 11:38:40 AM |