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Claustrophobic woman carrying hand cream causes plane to divert under escort from US Air Force jets
Phew, thank goodness it wasn't September 11th or they would never have got there
All passengers held for questioning for four hours
All their luggage laid out and searched on the tarmac
Hand cream ... be afraid, be very afraid ...
'Divert the plane, divert the plane ...'
'The world is fucking mad ...'
A woman passenger has been arrested after a flight from London to Washington was diverted to Boston because of an on-board disturbance [she had claustrophobia].
Transport officials said the 59-year-old woman was held in connection with a confrontation with the flight crew. She was carrying hand cream - a banned item - and matches on board the United Airlines flight. The aircraft was escorted into Logan airport by two jet fighters.
Responding to reports that the woman had been tied up
during the flight, United Airlines spokesman Brandon Borrman said that
she had been restrained. "Safety and security are top priority. Crews are trained
to restrain when they feel it is appropriate for the safety and
security of the flight," he said.
Reports that the woman was carrying a screwdriver and a note referring to al-Qaeda have been denied. Security officials at Boston's Logan International
airport laid all of the luggage from the plane out on the runway and
checked every item with sniffer dogs.
'I can only smell bullshit ...'
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