Another Rash Of Airline Security Alerts
Four in one day now. A specific bomb threat was called in on an Aer Lingus flight. No bomb was found. A man arriving on a flight from Argentina had traces of dynamite residue in his luggage. A flight from England was diverted to Bangor, Maine after the TSA determined there was a security concern and finally, a Federal air marshal tackled a passenger after some unspecified altercation involving a flight attendant.
HOUSTON - A college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight from Argentina contained traces of dynamite, authorities said, in one of four security incidents Friday involving U.S. flights.
An American Airlines flight from England to Chicago was forced to land in Bangor, Maine, for security reasons, and a U.S. Airways jet was diverted to Oklahoma City after a federal air marshal reportedly subdued a passenger who was involved in an incident with a flight attendant, officials said.
An Aer Lingus flight from New York to Dublin was evacuated Friday morning during a scheduled stopover in western Ireland following a bomb threat that turned out to be unfounded, officials said.
There is considerably more detail in the article. There is a field of study that looks at precursors leading up to various events. Generally applied to accidents, it can also be used to predict other things and some researchers are adapting it to terrorism threats. (As a management tool, if you start seeing a rash of minor accidents you need to step in - fast - before a major event happens).
I wonder what the researchers think of this sudden rash of odd incidents?
UPDATE: It was NOT dynamite residue found in the student's luggage. It was a stick of dynamite.
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