Wait a minute, didn't we just see this movie!?

posted by The Vidiot @ 9:29 PM Permalink

Take one - hysteria

Bomb squad sweeps plane, man questioned

Bomb-sniffing dogs swept a Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta upon landing Saturday after authorities said a passenger tampered with a smoke detector and moved ceiling panels in a lavatory.
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The passenger on Delta Flight 6492 was overheard being "disruptive" in the lavatory by flight attendants and had spent an extended amount of time there, said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Jennifer Peppin.

The man had apparently tampered with the smoke detector, Vasys said. Authorities said ceiling tiles had also been moved.

A bomb-sniffing dog that inspected the lavatory upon landing "showed some interest," airport spokesman David Hebert said.

Take two - reality

FBI says passenger not suspicious after all

The F-B-I in San Antonio says a passenger detained after flight attendants said he tampered with a bathroom smoke detector isn't suspicious after all.
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But F-B-I spokesman Erik Vasys says there was just no evidence the man was behaving suspiciously. The man was released after questioning and a search of his home.

Explosives experts searched the plane after it landed but found nothing.
[AND:]
Nothing was found out of the ordinary, and authorities still weren't sure what happened in the bathroom. Vasys said officials didn't even have enough evidence "to make it a vandalism or damage charge" against the detained passenger, the spokesman said.

I wonder if he was Pakistani, like that poor lady last week?
Take one - hysteria

Airport terminal evacuated after explosive found in luggage

Take two - reality

No explosives in US airport alert

Expect to see more of these stories the closer to the election we get. Personally, I'm expecting a 'terrerist attack' sometime late September or early October because, as former White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card put it, "from a marketing standpoint, you don't roll out a new product in August."