Yeah, somebody should have just busted a cap in grandma's ..., right?

That would have taken care of the 'nonsense' panic attack. :rolleyes:

Armchair or not, there's being in a really dangerous situations where the threats were not merely threats and then there's this kind of "official" nonsense where the threat is little more than a mere threat. Clearly, this was a situation where there was no real danger to the lives of the majority of the people on board. That should have been obvious to any non-paranoid on board the flight with even a partial line of sight. That the obvious was skipped shows that we are dealing with a bunch of paranoids who behave in knee-jerk manners or others who seriously lack in good judgment.

Better to read their actions and realistic access to implements than to read minds. ;)

The usual cadre of government apologists say such things repeatedly. However, such claims are based on little more than conjecture and creative attempts to reverse engineer that are too broad to have any specific meaningfulness.

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Oooh, what was that Stephen King story/movie where a jumbo ---> BOS diverted to Bangor? Great story (good movie).

This is a total NON-EVENT that the media will embellish to make a major story

Was it also a non-event for all those inconvenienced by this diversion?

This is another event where official incompetence and state-sponsored, public paranoia have exhibited themselves. But that story won't be breaking news.

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Hmm... not sure that's really what I look for in a transatlantic carrier... ;)

We're already doing that, some of us. Try to keep up. ;)

At the rate we're going, I wouldn't be surprised if it happens within the next five years. That should keep the passengers in line!

It's for the children.

Just to be clear - I don't support having the fighter jets up there. As a matter of fact, I think it's insanity.
I was just explaining why they're there, as another poster referenced them earlier in the thread.

Of course, in this case, had the govt. chosen to shoot the plane down, it most likely would have landed in the Atlantic Ocean. Also, if the cockpit was breached, and the Feds had reason to believe it was heading towards the White House or say, the Sears Tower, they might choose to shoot it out of the sky and have it land in innocent peoples' neighborhoods.

The bottom line is: The fact there were fighter jets to escort this flight or ANY flight is scary and underlines the insanity of the situation.

Well, there's the old saying: "There's no such thing as bad publicity."
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From a news standpoint it was a TOTAL NON-EVENT. To have Fox and other networks devoting hours of live coverage is ridiculous.

Sure it affected the passengers, but my point was simple... from a news standpoint this was nothing!

What if the passengers attacked those who made this stupid decision to divert and those who harassed them upon landing?

Would that be newsworthy? ;)