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How To Get Your Trachea Laced Into A Reef Knot

Deep Kimchi
16-08-2006, 16:09
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Aug 16, 11:02 AM EDT

Disturbance Diverts London-D.C. Flight

BOSTON (AP) -- 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-Qaida, an airport spokesman said.

Probably just a kook, but it's not the way to get another oak leaf cluster on your longevity ribbon.

Looks like the reaction was pretty swift as well. Diverting the flight and sending fighter jets.

Makes you wonder how the screwdriver, matches, and Vaseline got past - I remember security at Heathrow being pretty stringent this spring.
Pyotr
16-08-2006, 16:11
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Probably just a kook, but it's not the way to get another oak leaf cluster on your longevity ribbon.

Looks like the reaction was pretty swift as well. Diverting the flight and sending fighter jets.

Makes you wonder how the screwdriver, matches, and Vaseline got past - I remember security at Heathrow being pretty stringent this spring.


sounds like that crazy-bipolar guy who pulled a fake bomb-threat and got shot by air marshalls