UA 949 August 09 2018 (Phone threat about plane, nothing found)
Aug 9, 2018, 7:24 pm
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UA 949 August 09 2018 (Phone threat about plane, nothing found)
Anyone on UA 949 LHR SFO today?? Hope everyone is ok! Heard there was a phone call to TV station KPIX, a threat to this flight. Authorities boarded the flight with weapon drawn and searched. Glad that nothing was found.
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Aug 9, 2018, 7:30 pm
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Aug 9, 2018, 7:44 pm
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It’s all over Twitter. Words now is that KPIX called SFO, that there is a threat to this flight. Authorities searched the plane, passengers deplaned row by row, but nothing was found.
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Aug 9, 2018, 7:52 pm
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So whoever sent that decided not to listen to the officers, and tweet instead?
Aug 9, 2018, 7:56 pm
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I think it’s just happened and passengers just now finally finished deplaning.
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Aug 9, 2018, 11:38 pm
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I’m sure you would become a prime suspect immediately and be swiftly dealt with. I can not understand why you would not want to be as helpful as possible in order to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. Any judge would deem any officers reaction to your non compliance as reasonable. Why would you want to slow their response and distract their attention away from a legitimate threat onboard? I would be pissed as a fellow passenger if someone like you tried this bs.
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Aug 9, 2018, 11:41 pm
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Aug 10, 2018, 12:03 am
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The police do not need individualized suspicion in order to conduct a search for purposes of airport security. The law in the Ninth Circuit expressly allows "blanket" administrative searches (i.e., searches for weapons or explosives conducted without individualized suspicion) so long as they are reasonable under the circumstances. E.g., United States v. Aukai, 473 U.S. 1265 (9th Cir. 2007).
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Aug 10, 2018, 6:47 am
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And then when you end up being shot at 5 times, you end up complaining and suing because of police brutality. [comment deleted by moderator.] Law enforcement is doing their job, why wouldn't you just cooperate?
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