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To: TimF who wrote (143711)	3/28/2002 5:56:19 PM
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Passenger Makes Threat on Logan Runway washingtonpost.com BOSTON –– A Delta Air Lines plane about to take off from Logan Airport was forced to halt Thursday after a passenger stood up and made a threat, authorities said. The airplane was on the runway and was supposed to head to Orlando, Fla. Instead it taxied back to the terminal area and its 118 passengers were taken off the plane. It is unclear what the passenger threatened, Logan spokesman Phil Orlandella said, but he stood up saying he wanted off the plane and the crew became alarmed. The man was being questioned and had not been arrested as of early Thursday afternoon, Orlandella said. The aircraft was checked. Security has been an issue at Logan since it was the starting point for the two hijacked airliners that destroyed the World Trade Center on Sept. 11. Officials have created a security web around the airport, including mobile handheld computers that allow state troopers to do instant background checks, and pilot testing of facial recognition systems. In addition, troopers now conduct random roadblocks to search vehicles, and clam diggers have been banned from shorelines along the runways. _________________________________ Flight Attendant Made Bomb Threat The Associated Press Thursday, March 28, 2002; 12:36 PM washingtonpost.com TAMPA, Fla. –– A Virgin Atlantic flight attendant was arrested for allegedly writing a bomb threat aboard a plane in January, forcing the London-to-Orlando flight to be diverted to Iceland. Michael Phillipe, a 25-year-old French citizen, was charged with interference with crew members on an international flight, the FBI announced. He was scheduled for a hearing in federal court in Newark, N.J., on Thursday afternoon, a day after FBI agents arrested him there. Phillipe faces up to 20 years in prison if found guilty. On Jan. 19, Virgin Atlantic Flight 27 was en route to Florida when a threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror. The message, "American must die," was written in soap, officials said. A second message, written on an air sickness bag, stated, "Bin Laden is the best Americans must die there is a bomb on board Al Quaida." It was Phillipe who reported finding the threats, authorities said. As a precaution, the Boeing 747 was diverted to Keflavik, Iceland, where the 322 passengers and 18 crew were questioned and asked to give handwriting samples. Police found no explosives aboard the plane and concluded that the threat had been a hoax. The flight continued to Orlando the next day, with two police officers providing security. The charge was filed in U.S. District Court in Tampa because Orlando is in that court's jurisdiction. _____________________ New Federal Airport Security Forces Butt Heads With Local Officials Thu Mar 28 2002 11:00:23 ET drudgereport.com