Do the terrorists have us chasing our own tails?

Question

On a London to Washington flight today a 59-year-old woman became claustrophobic and upset and began pacing up and down the aisle of the plane and "muttering". What happened as a result?

She was tackled to the ground by "2 plainclothes men" on the plane and at least 2 flight attendents. Then she was handcuffed, and later arrested and charged with "interfering with a flight crew". Two F-15s were scrambled to intercept the jet. The plane was diverted to Boston. Emergency crews were brought out to await the plane when it landed. Federal agents took control of the plane and searched it. Every passenger was taken to another location and interviewed. Every piece of luggage was searched.

And what did they conclude: Nothing. It wasn't related to terrorism.

Are we a bit jumpy or what?

Answer 1

Indeed. There was one case where a passenger discovered some writing in Arabic stuck in the seat in front of him. He alerted the flight crews, who checked out the paper. There were no Arabic translators handy, so they decided to cancel the flight -- obviously, all people who read or write Arabic are terrorists, so it was a good choice. After two days, when a translator was obtained, it was ascertained that the paper simply said several prayers in Arabic.

Much ado about nothing.

Answer 2

The fact of the matter is there is nothing scarier in this day and age then a person acting irrationally on an airplane.......have you witnessed a panic attack? They can be quite severe and people do some really freaky dangerous things. I've seen them lash out and seriously injure other people, none of which is safe on an airplane.....one person panicking can cause another to freak out. Then all hell breaks loose!

We could have been a little more aware and a hell of a lot more proactive on 9/11......but we as american's don't want our freedom infringed upon. So we complain about restrictions and think the danger is over.......it isn't.........they're just waiting for our gaurds to be down.

Better to be jumpy than dead!

Answer 3

This is for the safety of everyone on board the plane, not to mention the thousands of life at stake if it is a real terrorist attack. It is only acted upon the way it should be. Every person nowadays are ready to face the consequences of being killed in action, just to abort any attempt by terrorist group to commit their evil desire. 9/11 is more than enough as a wake up call. Our duty as law abiding citizens are to obey lawful orders promulgated by proper authorities. Do not get annoyed or act the negative way as a result of such incident. Remember, that these had been done to save and protect life, including you and the life of your love ones.

Answer 4

Yes, we are a bit jumpy. The war in Iraq and Afghanistan has done that to many of us. I just wish the other countries who harbor terrorists weren't enjoying it so much.

Answer 5

wouldn't you be if you were on that flight. young, old, big, small, if i'm on a flight and you act crazy, your gonna get pounded. i'm not dying with out a fight. if it turns out to be a mistake. oh well. you shouldn't be acting nuts on a flight.

Answer 6

well with the hell we have been through, i can kinda see y but if we let the terrorists know that we fear them then in there minds they have won but as long as we keep blowin the **** out of them we are winning no matter what they say

Answer 7

Hi V

Its sad very sad, but i would rather be safe than sorry.

Answer 8

we have the right to be jumpy

Answer 9

but yet the passengers were full of terror, go figure....

Answer 10

No the libs are!