Another Al Qaeda plot thwarted

ravage · August 16, 2006, 3:49pm

Thats twice in a week!

screwdrivers and vaseline this time :hehe:

BOSTON – Fighter jets escorted a diverted London-to-Washington, D.C., flight to Boston’s Logan airport Wednesday after a distraught passenger pulled out a screw driver, matches, Vaseline and a note referencing al-Qaeda, an airport spokesman said.
United Flight 923 landed safely, Logan airport spokesman Phil Orlandella said.

The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely, UAL Corp. spokesman Brandon Borrman said. Borrman said a female passenger was spotted engaging in some “suspicious” activity, but he could not immediately say what the activity was.

State Police and federal agencies took control of the plane after it landed.

Passengers were seen coming off the plane on the tarmac and being loaded onto a bus. Orlandella said their carry-on luggage was being checked. The flight was from London’s Heathrow Airport to Dulles.

Last week, British authorities said they foiled a terror plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights from London to the United States.

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Zabardast · August 16, 2006, 4:01pm

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Yeah...he needed the screwdriver to unscrew the plane's doors and drop them in the space...he might have needed the vaseline for some rusty or tight doorscrews... :D

Captain1 · August 16, 2006, 4:46pm

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“referencing AlQeda”

Uncle_Stalker · August 16, 2006, 6:30pm

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Stupid Idiots - Now they are just going overboard with all this media crap
Sooner or later the cat will be out of the bag :k:

P.S.
Vaseline is also used for plane hijackings ?

PhatBalongri · August 16, 2006, 6:49pm

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because of them idiots I cant have my lip gloss

Kaka_MaNNa · August 16, 2006, 7:21pm

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Vaseline is used incase the screwdriver needs lubrication.

Grand_Vizier · August 16, 2006, 7:35pm

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And that’s not the sharp end of the screwdriver he’s talking about

At any rate, now they are saying that no such note existed. It was hand cream and a screwdriver that she had.

system · August 16, 2006, 7:58pm

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woman was claustrophobic patient, because of her condition she may have been acting 'weird' but then again how many normal people behave 'normally'? Poor woman was tied up and treated like an animal, such is the world today.