Trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Maine

[Monkeyman]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-ap-il-flightdiverted,0,5691825.story?coll=chi-newsbreaking-hed

Bangor,Maine -A tran-Atlantic flight from Manchester,England-en route to Chicago was diverted to Bangor Airport.

American Airland flight 55,a boeing 767 ,was diverted for security reason said Arlene Murray spokeswomen for Federal Aviation Administration. Who declined to elaborate

[mainegreen]

1. Manchester eh? Probably some rowdy soccer fans.

[aceman2373]

2. Someone must have Coca-Cola in their eyeglass case again.

[ComerPerro]

3. you can tell November is coming

they are really stepping up the security alerts.

[AngryAmish]

4. Calling Steven King

The langoliers are coming...

[marmar]

5. They are in a full-court press with the terra B.S., aren't they?

Yes, it's an election year indeed. Strange how the airplane diversions disappear after elections.

[Eurobabe]

6. Every frickin' day now, this is unreal

Literally.

[madame defarge]

7. Interesting article on security & diverted planes...

What the Terrorists Want
Schneier on Security
A weblog covering security and security technology
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/08/what_the_terror.html

The point of terrorism is to cause terror, sometimes to further a political goal and sometimes out of sheer hatred. The people terrorists kill are not the targets; they are collateral damage. And blowing up planes, trains, markets or buses is not the goal; those are just tactics. The real targets of terrorism are the rest of us: the billions of us who are not killed but are terrorized because of the killing. The real point of terrorism is not the act itself, but our reaction to the act.

And we're doing exactly what the terrorists want.

Read the article for live links & so much more great info. Schneier's site is definitely one to bookmark. He writes with great wisdom.

[marions ghost]

8. Isnt that what they did

when that dangerous individual formerly known as Cat Stevens was on board?

[lyonn]

9. The U.S. airlines must be totally pissed

but, they don't count much in the corporate scheme of things considering they probably don't give donations like pharmaceuticals, insurance, war machines, etc. Keeping repub. control is primo for "their" country.

[Monkeyman]

10. Update one more on the ground Denver