FBI: Flight Attendant Set Fire in Airplane Bathroom, Then Played Hero by Extinguishing Flames
An American Airlines flight attendant is accused of setting an airplane bathroom on fire, forcing an emergency landing in Detroit.
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FBI Search Airplane After Bomb Note Found in Bathroom
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI Agents were summoned to Boston’s Logan Airport on Sunday as an inbound flight from London landed and a “suspicious note” mentioning a bomb was found by a flight attendent, reports Boston.com. FBI agents, police and k-9 units searched the plane along with its 200 passengers and 16 crew members when the…
Commentary: Let’s Start Paying Closer Attention to Those on the Terror Watch List
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Eight years after the infamous 9/11 attacks, we still see glaring flaws in our airport security. Why? Why? Why??? Why was Nigerian National Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who tried to bomb the Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas day, not given a good second looking over before he…
Passenger Aboard Detroit Flight: “I Heard a Pop and Then the Next Thing You Know Fire”
Yes, more than 8 years after the infamous Sept. 11, 2001 attack, the friendly skies still have the potential to be pretty darn scary. Here’s a Detroit Free Press account of the incident as told by some passengers. BY NAOMI R. PATTON Detroit Free Press Staff Writer DETROIT — Most of the passengers on Northwest…