"Security incidents plague airlines " TERRA TERRA TERRA! [View All]

[leftchick]

I do not even want to fly next month. What bullshit...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060825/ap_on_re_us/planes_security_problems_4

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.

Federal authorities are investigating why the student, who got off the Continental plane in Houston before it continued to Newark, N.J., had the explosive residue and what he intended to do with it, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said.

The dynamite residue was found during a luggage search in a federal inspection station at Bush Intercontinental Airport shortly after Flight 52 landed at about 6 a.m. Marlene McClinton, spokeswoman for the Houston Airport System, said a bomb-sniffing dog "had a hit" on explosive residue during a further search.