AA34 LAX-JFK incident 11 Sep 2011
Sep 11, 2011, 3:00 pm
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AA34 LAX-JFK incident 11 Sep 2011
Sep 11, 2011, 3:14 pm
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In part: Air Marshals were on board, law enforcement sources said.
American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said the Boeing 767 was not in any danger.
"The captain and crew assessed the situation and they did not feel as though there was a security issue on board," she said.
"People have walked off the plane normally," she said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...#ixzz1XgGiW8iQ
American Airlines spokeswoman Andrea Huguely said the Boeing 767 was not in any danger.
"The captain and crew assessed the situation and they did not feel as though there was a security issue on board," she said.
"People have walked off the plane normally," she said.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...#ixzz1XgGiW8iQ
Sep 11, 2011, 3:17 pm
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I don't get it. I thought that bathrooms can be opened from the outside by flight attendants.
Sep 11, 2011, 3:25 pm
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The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the FAM did not break cover. "One official said a federal air marshal was aboard the plane but the situation was not so dire that the marshal felt the need to identify himself and take action."
Sep 11, 2011, 3:29 pm
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Sep 11, 2011, 3:37 pm
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Probably just someone got their wires crossed at Fox News (not that hard to believe!). Three adults couldn't even fit in a lav, for one thing.
I waited about 5 mins for a lav on a 763 from MIA to LAX once. I noticed that the "occupied" wording was slightly misaligned, and finally the FA decided to give it a shot.
Turned out the last pax to use the lav had never fully engaged the lock when they used it, and they apparently walked out without touching the bolt (remember, it was never locked). So the indicator said "occupied" but the lav was empty.
I waited about 5 mins for a lav on a 763 from MIA to LAX once. I noticed that the "occupied" wording was slightly misaligned, and finally the FA decided to give it a shot.
Turned out the last pax to use the lav had never fully engaged the lock when they used it, and they apparently walked out without touching the bolt (remember, it was never locked). So the indicator said "occupied" but the lav was empty.
Sep 11, 2011, 3:47 pm
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What is wrong with people...security is going to be very high today so act appropriately...don't give anyone any reason to suspect you of anything.
Sep 11, 2011, 3:47 pm
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I seem to remember several occasions where I've see the lav doors locked by fa's and later reopened (before landing?).
There must be a way of getting entrance (without breaking down the door
) if i.e., a pax passes out in the toilet.
But the news story, that there were 3 pax in the toilet at the same time seems a bit odd--maybe they were trying for some Guinness Book World Record?
There must be a way of getting entrance (without breaking down the door
) if i.e., a pax passes out in the toilet.But the news story, that there were 3 pax in the toilet at the same time seems a bit odd--maybe they were trying for some Guinness Book World Record?
Sep 11, 2011, 4:16 pm
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To lock the door from the outside, they used a ballpoint pen in the white plastic "Occupied" placard that has a little pinhole in it, sliding the mechanism closed. It would be just as easy to unlock from the outside.
Sep 11, 2011, 5:16 pm
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Sep 11, 2011, 5:16 pm
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They need to throw the book at morons like these. 
Sep 11, 2011, 5:48 pm
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Extreme variant on the mile high club?
Sep 11, 2011, 5:59 pm
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F9 too
A similar incident regarding lav time on a Frontier flight DEN-DTW:
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/11...it-3-detained/
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/11...it-3-detained/
Sep 11, 2011, 6:19 pm
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The whole story isn't out yet, I suspect. But the pilots did not feel it was an emergency, the FAM(s) kept their identity hidden, and three adults in a 767 lav? Maybe an A380 handicapped lav, but really?
Sep 11, 2011, 6:20 pm
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Turns out it was all a bit of 9/11 paranoia. Some people are WAY too jumpy about perfectly normal behavior:
"Oh my God! That guy pees too much! CALL THE PENTAGON!!!"
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=14496785
Two fighter jets escorted a Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers' repeated trips to the bathroom aroused suspicion Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, officials said.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=14496785