Delta flight 43 escorted by fighters

[Akira 0]

To land in a few at CVG. and then taken to the DHL area of the airport, where passengers and luggage to be screened.

[Akira 0]

New reports say no fighter escort and that the woman was removed in Paris. Also that the "suspicious wires" were from a biker jacket used to keep warm.

[denoir 0]

CNN:

Quote[/b] ] BREAKING NEWS

Woman who prompted fighter escort for airliner later determined not to be a terror threat, U.S. and French officials say. Details to come.

It's called a "Sony Walkman"

[Scorpio 0]

LOL.

[Dauragon 0]

LOL.

damn that avatar sure looks dumb

airport security is getting paranoid

*plays Paranoid - Ozzy Osbourne*

[ralphwiggum 6]

who knows? she could have been related to Al Quebec.

[Akira 0]

What is really pathetic is that the claimed to have recieved "exact information" regarding the flight.

Asshats.

Whats this look like other than more security screw ups and HS jumpin' at shadows?

Dodge, feint, dodge.

What better way to see procedures, timings, and the like. Might as well hand them the handbook.

[theavonlady 2]

CNN:

Quote[/b] ] BREAKING NEWS

Woman who prompted fighter escort for airliner later determined not to be a terror threat, U.S. and French officials say. Details to come.

It's called a "Sony Walkman"  

No:

Quote[/b] ] It later was learned the wires were part of her leather motorcycle jacket.

Got to admit it is not usual to have wires coming out of a jacket.

It certainly has meant a lot here.

Actually, it sounds like a reasonable case for the precautions taken.

[bmgarcangel 0]

she's a terrorist mostly because she had a few sticks of lip stick

[m21man 0]

They intercept her, but they've kind of missed the more important things. Like the person who planted boxcutters and fake bombs in six planes to probe holes in security . Fucking TSA...

[Akira 0]

Well for once it wasn't the TSA. It was French security "concerned" about the wires dangling out of her jacket.

Also haven't heard much about that guy lately. No sense bringing it up and reminding everyone that we aren't really safer, just more totalitarian.

[m21man 0]

The French, you say?

[Consigliere 0]

A BBC reporter managed to get onto the apron of Teeside Airport ( Newcastle ).

Basically close enough to tamper/introduce bomb/*insert evil terrorist action here* any of the parked aircraft

[m21man 0]

Who has worse airport security?

*I think it's Uncle Sam*

[Tex -USMC- 0]

The French, you say?

Apparently the warning from French officials was provoked by a combination of the suspicious wires as well as sightings of a person bearing an uncanny resemblence to this man.

[Acecombat 0]

Not paranoid eh?

Just hope noone farts in a plane what if the crew thinks theyve been gassed?

[m21man 0]

Fighter Escort Report False Alarm?

[Acecombat 0]

Good god ever heard of Immigration/custom checkings?

Why such a big deal out of such a miniscule case?

[m21man 0]

Quote[/b] ]Good god ever heard of Immigration/custom checkings?

Why such a big deal out of such a miniscule case?

Because they're paranoid.

[hellfish6 7]

Tex, that was funny.

[Tex -USMC- 0]

Tex, that was funny.  

you're probably the only one who got that- this Combat Mission kick (combined with sleep deprivation) has me telling jokes like that

[ralphwiggum 6]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/01/06/french.flight/index.html

Quote[/b] ]COVINGTON, Kentucky (CNN) -- A Delta Air Lines flight from Paris landed in Cincinnati without incident Tuesday afternoon after wiring in a woman's heated jacket prompted security concerns in France, U.S. government sources said.

Sources told CNN the woman was a 22-year-old Saudi with a Jordanian passport who was an electrical engineer. These points, and the wires in her jacket, caused the concern, the sources said.

The wires were determined to be part of her electrically heated jacket, U.S. law enforcement sources said.

The woman was not permitted to board Delta Flight 43, but was allowed to take a later flight to the United States, a French police spokesman said.

"Nothing suspicious was found," the spokesman said. "She took the next flight to Cincinnati."

U.S. Homeland Security officials said they asked for a fighter escort because Flight 43 had already left the ground before French officials notified their U.S. counterparts about the incident. A senior U.S. official told CNN the fighter escort was ordered, but was later aborted.

Delta Flight 43 landed at about 3:50 p.m., more than an hour behind schedule, at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport located in Hebron, Kentucky. Passengers were rescreened by airport security before being taken to the terminal. Government sources said there was no person of interest to U.S. authorities on the plane.

The Boeing 767 had 181 passengers and 12 crew members on board, said Delta spokeswoman Catherine Stengel.

Two passengers on the flight said 11 people were taken off the plane by authorities immediately after the plane landed.

They also said that passengers were informed about an hour and 20 minutes into the flight from Paris that there was a "security situation" and they could not leave their seats. Anyone needing to use the restroom had to have an escort, they said.

These two passengers said they did not see any fighter jets.

[FSPilot 0]

I heard somewhere that the AF says the flight wasn't escorted. And it's not uncommon for delta flights to be an hour late

[theavonlady 2]

Someone's missing.

Quote[/b] ]France Seeks Passenger Who Missed Flight

1 minute ago  

By VERENA VON DERSCHAU, Associated Press Writer

PARIS - French authorities are searching for a passenger who did not turn up for a scheduled Air France flight on Christmas Eve, France's justice minister said Wednesday.

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The ABC report cited unidentified American officials as saying the passenger had a French passport and was believed to have undergone training in Afghanistan.

Maybe we should stop being so quick to accuse security authorities of always being stupid and paranoid.

[Balschoiw 0]

Quote[/b] ]French authorities are searching for a passenger who did not turn up for a scheduled Air France flight on Christmas Eve

Does that mean that if I don´t show up for a scheduled flight they will let me search with FBI, CIA, KGB, BND, Mi5 and such because I have been to wars in Africa, Europe, South america , the Middle East and missions in Russia ?

This is turning into real panic syndrom if you ask me.