Suspicious airplane passenger questioned in Mich.

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Suspicious Airplane Passenger Auestioned
By AP / JOHN FLESHER Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010
(TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.) — Police questioned a passenger on a small commercial plane that flew from Chicago to a northern Michigan resort town on Friday after the crew reported he was acting suspiciously.

Crew members aboard United Airlines Flight 6036 said the 28-year-old California man had taken "an article" into the bathroom and left without it, said Traverse City Police Capt. Steve Morgan. The crew found that a panel inside the bathroom had been tampered with, he said.

They requested law enforcement assistance while approaching Cherry Capital Airport, Morgan said.

A government official said earlier the passenger had made a bomb threat, but Morgan said there was no bomb threat. A bomb sniffing dog called in to sweep the aircraft and luggage found nothing, he said.

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1954332,00.html

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Define "acting suspiciously" here. Sounds more like a case of rampant paranoia and over active imagination. The terrorist have truly won.
The guy went to the can, did his thing and put his 'reading material, whatever that was, in the trash there.
A panel inside the bathroom had been tampered with? This crew member must be new. Pay attention to how all that plastic is assembled next time you are an airline passenger. It is not unusual to find sections/panels all over the plane that look like they have been tampered with.
I hope this guy at least got a meal voucher (good for 24 hours) for his troubles.