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To: Road Walker who wrote (300230)	8/16/2006 11:22:35 AM
From: Elroy	Respond to of 1586439

London-to-D.C. Flight Diverted to Boston After Passenger Disturbance Wednesday, August 16, 2006 foxnews.com BOSTON — A United Airlines flight from London's Heathrow Airport to Washington, D.C. was diverted to Boston Wednesday after the pilot declared an emergency over a passenger disturbance, FOX News has confirmed. A female passenger aboard United Flight 923 had Vaseline, a screw driver, matches and a note referencing Al Qaeda, according to Phil Orlandella, spokesman for Boston's Logan International Airport. The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely, United spokesman Brandon Borrman said. Borrman said a female passenger was spotted engaging in some "suspicious" activity, but he could not immediately say what the activity was. The flight was escorted to Boston by two fighter jets. "If she pulled these out of her carry-on luggage, that would have made many people very concerned," said terrorism expert Neil Livingstone. "She shouldn't have had these items on the aircraft." Officials from the Massachusetts Port Authority told the local FOX affiliate that there were three suspicious passengers aboard the flight and that at some point, there was a confrontation with the flight's crew members. Officials said the three passengers may have had "items" on them but there was no description given of those items. (Story continues below) ADVERTISEMENTSAdvertise Here But WBZ Radio in Boston quoted FBI officials there as saying the incident involved a female passenger who appeared to be claustrophobic, unable to maintain control of herself. The incident may have then escalated to involve other passengers. State Police and federal agencies took control of the plane after it landed safely. Massachusetts police are handling all other details on the ground, Borrman told FOX News. Passengers were seen coming off the plane on the tarmac and being loaded onto a bus. Orlandella said their carry-on luggage was being checked. The flight departed London Heathrow at 7:55 a.m. local time and was scheduled to arrive at Washington Dulles International Airport at 11:10 a.m. EDT. Last week, British authorities said they foiled a terror plot to blow up trans-Atlantic flights from London to the United States. The alleged conspirators had planned to blow up as many as 10 planes flying from Britain to the U.S. using liquid explosives, which the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's security equipment cannot detect in carry-on luggage. Click here to read the latest news on that investigation. There are about two-dozen suspects in custody in relation to that investigation. Some officials believe Wednesday was when the first of what may have been a series of attacks would have been launched, had the plot not been uncovered.

To: Road Walker who wrote (300230)	8/16/2006 8:39:58 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1586439

You know the scare article from Fox that was posted to you this AM......it was much to do about nothing. Meanwhile Seattle's port was evacuated today.......they thought there was a bomb. Its going to be a fun three months. Panicking passenger forces plane to make emergency landing in Boston By Jason Bennetto, Megan Haddow and Andrew Buncombe in Washington Published: 17 August 2006 An airliner that took off from Heathrow yesterday made an emergency landing in the United States after a terror alert caused by a panicking woman passenger. Two fighter jets escorted the US-bound plane, carrying 182 passengers and 12 crew, to Logan airport in Boston. Initial reports suggested that a 59-year-old woman had been carrying a screwdriver, petroleum jelly, matches and a note mentioning al-Qa'ida, but that was later denied by airport officials. The woman was arrested after the plane had landed safely in connection with a confrontation with the flight crew, according to transport officials. US security chiefs said the woman had become claustrophobic and upset, provoking a confrontation with flight crew. After the Washington-bound United Airlines flight landed at Boston, all the passengers' suitcases and bags were laid out on the runway and checked for explosives by a sniffer dog. In a separate incident a man broke into a plane at Gatwick to retrieve a lost wallet. The man was allowed to wander unchallenged in a secure area and force his way on to the aircraft. Although neither of the scares were terrorist incidents, they illustrated the heightened state of alert and fear surrounding aircraft security. The incidents came a week after the police and MI5 foiled an alleged plot to smuggle liquid explosives on to as many as 10 US-bound airliners and blow them up in mid-air. Yesterday's emergency landing involved Flight 923 which left Heathrow at 8.30am. It had been due to land at Washington at 4.10pm UK time and then fly on to Denver, Colorado. But the captain declared a security emergency after what airline officials described as "an altercation with at least one female passenger". A United Airlines spokeswoman said: "The plane is safely on the ground in Boston. The crew assessed the situation and determined that a divert was the appropriate course of action." In the second airport security incident, Thomas Cook Airlines called for the prosecution of a man who broke into a plane at Gatwick to retrieve his wallet. The charter airline is demanding answers from BAA as to how the man was allowed to go unchallenged in a secure area. The Asian man was discovered clutching a briefcase inside the Majorca-bound plane at 1.10am on Tuesday. He had arrived at Gatwick on a Thomson flight from Ibiza. The man realised he had lost his wallet and boarded the Thomas Cook plane after smashing an alarmed glass door lock on the jetty. When challenged by cleaners he fled but was later detained and questioned by police, before being released without charge. continued.......... news.independent.co.uk