Plane From Paris to Charlotte Diverted Due To Security Issue

[PerfectStorm]

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/22/us-airways-jetliner-diverted-on-flight-over-atlantic/?hpt=hp_t1

A US Airways jetliner en route from Paris to Charlotte, North Carolina, has been diverted to Bangor, Maine, for a "security issue," airline spokesman Andrew Christie told CNN.

A Transportation Safety Administration statement said the plane has landed safely in Bangor.

 

[soccerboy22]

What? I haven't heard anything about any big problems in Charlotte...(Live 20 minutes south of it.)

 

[unapologeticdan]

US Airways jetliner diverted on flight over Atlantic – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs

It was a woman claiming she had a device implanted inside of her. Diverted US Airways flight lands in Charlotte; passenger claimed to have surgically implanted device | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

It's good to see that we're being cautious about these types of things, but are we being overly cautious?

 

[Medusa]

practice for struggling with terrorism

 

[j-mac]

What? I haven't heard anything about any big problems in Charlotte...(Live 20 minutes south of it.)

Wow! Really? You are less than 1 hour from me, depending on how you drive....heh, heh....

j-mac

 

[soccerboy22]

Wow! Really? You are less than 1 hour from me, depending on how you drive....heh, heh....

j-mac

Haha in which direction though?

 

[upsideguy]

It was a woman claiming she had a device implanted inside of her. Diverted US Airways flight lands in Charlotte; passenger claimed to have surgically implanted device | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

It's good to see that we're being cautious about these types of things, but are we being overly cautious?

We certainly have been known to have been a bit, um, over cautious..... Cat Stevens refused entry to US | World news | guardian.co.uk

 

[upsideguy]

Haha in which direction though?

... that would be to the right....

 

[PeteEU]

Hmm is US Airways still around?!?! And we still allow US carriers into Europe?!?!

 

[Jetboogieman]

... that would be to the right....

 

[Kreton]

It was a woman claiming she had a device implanted inside of her. Diverted US Airways flight lands in Charlotte; passenger claimed to have surgically implanted device | The Lookout - Yahoo! News

It's good to see that we're being cautious about these types of things, but are we being overly cautious?

How can you be over cautious? If you are on a plane with a woman claiming to have a bomb surgically implanted in her do you really want them to ignore her?

 

[Deuce]

How can you be over cautious? If you are on a plane with a woman claiming to have a bomb surgically implanted in her do you really want them to ignore her?

Nobody said anything about a bomb.