Breaking: Air France Flight En- Route to US Being Escorted By F-16's.

[jayfish]

Will provide more info as soon as available.


Edited For Grammer.

[caledesi]

1. Aren't we safer after the "capture" of SH?

Not!

[jayfish]

4. Nope, And It Doesn't Look like The French Are Either.

Jay

[yellowcanine]

5. Of course we are safer - Bush and the RW pundits say we are

it must be true. Anyway, that's their story and they're sticking to it.

[htuttle]

2. Well, that would be interesting...

So you crack open a bag of those salty almonds, look out your window, and ask yourself, "I wonder if those fighter jets are going to shoot us down?"

[frylock]

3. not more 'womb bomber' hype..

I guess all the delays and cancellations didn't instill the fear that they had hoped. Time to break out the props. :eyes:

[ConcernedCanuk]

6. Canuk TV says no biggee - Passenger acting strange -

.
.
. detained, searched, no weapons found

So if you are "strange"

- stay outta the skies !!

( I'm walkin') :evilgrin:

[Minstrel Boy]

9. Imagine if Oasis was still touring.

oh, the humanity!

[Screaming Lord Byron]

15. Hmm. Haven't heard much from them in a couple of years...

maybe there's a giant holding pen out there somewhere with a bunch of unruly english rock stars in it?

[Timefortruth]

13. Damn, I'll never be able to fly again.nt

[0007]

7. Was this breaking news straight from the White House?

So why does this have to be brought out now at this time of the operation? Are we suppose run with fear and shout, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling. junior must be drunk today!

[0007]

10. ....and these are modern time?

At least modern dance is in step to the right tune.

[RainDog]

8. What's the status on the French lawsuit against Cheney?

Is it any coincidence that Cheney is looking at charges of bribery while he was the CEO of Halliburton in the French courts right now?

maybe.

Of course, Republicans would never do something like use Homeland Security to harass and intimidate people who oppose their crooked activities.

oops. WRONG. they already did that with the Texas legislature and the redistricting fight to create a one-party system in Texas.

..but that's just nationally. of course they would treat international, long-standing allies differently.

oops. WRONG. Perle did just write a "manifesto" about his struggle to start a world war, including his wish to declare France a hostile nation.

those whacky neo.----cons...

[ewagner]

14. Must have missed this:

Perle did just write a "manifesto" about his struggle to start a world war, including his wish to declare France a hostile nation.


Gotta link?

[0007]

16. Gas Stations in the Sky, perhaps.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. See this thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=988654

[pippin]

11. Probably a way to run European airlines

out of business. After all they didn't cooperate in Le Grande Scheme.

[RainDog]

12. Boeing and Airbus are huge competitors

you might be on to something...

[jayfish]

18. Alright, Here Is The Story.

Story

-SNIP-

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- U.S. fighter jets escorted a passenger flight part of the way from Paris to Cincinnati Tuesday afternoon after French authorities detained a woman trying to board the aircraft with wires protruding from her jacket, U.S. government sources said.

-SNIP-

-SNIP-

French authorities detained a woman on the flight after seeing some type of wires coming out of her jacket, government sources told CNN.

Flight 43 was allowed to take off without the woman on board: U.S. officials say the French checked the woman out and found nothing suspicious.

-SNIP-

What? They intimidated this flight even though the person of interest was not on board? How much money did that cost? An abundance of caution? I call it an overabundance of stupidity.

Jay

[joeunderdog]

19. They stopped 3 jets last week for an 87-yr old, a child and 4 nobodies.

Maybe our motto should be: "We'll stop at nobody."

We're just embarrassing ourselves now.

[hatrack]

20. Somebody booked a flight as Cantinflas

And since everyone knows that Mexico's most beloved entertainer has been dead for years, that was more than enough to ring the cherries at NORAD and DHS, hence the special airborne escort.

[peterh]

21. I don’t know whether to laugh or cry….

In chronological order, the event as it unfolded on my screen….over zealous journalists (cough) with Homeland Security/TSA acting like keystone kops…unfuckingbelievable….


+DJ US Military Planes Escort Air France Plane To Ohio-TV

01-06-04 1416ET(AP-DJ-01-06-04 1916GMT)


DJ US Military Planes/Escort -2: Expected To Land Soon

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--U.S. military jets are escorting an international
passenger flight into the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport, MSNBC reported
Tuesday.
There are conflicting reports whether the plane is operated by Air France
(F.AFG) or Delta Airlines (DAL). The airlines have a code-sharing agreement.
It wasn't immediately clear why the plane is being escorted by U.S. military
jets. The plane is about to land shortly, according to the news reports.

01-06-04 1426ET(AP-DJ-01-06-04 1926GMT)



DJ Homeland Security -2: Delta Flight To Cincinnati

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Homeland Security Department has denied a
report that a Delta flight from Paris is being given a military escort into the
Cincinnati airport, Fox News reported Tuesday.

01-06-04 1435ET(AP-DJ-01-06-04 1935GMT)



DJ Homeland Security -3: Authorities Use `Reverse Screening'

MSNBC reported that once the plane lands the passengers will be screened - a
process called "reverse screening."
According to the network, the plane is Delta flight 43.
When passengers were boarding at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, French
security screeners were alerted about one woman wearing a coat with wires in it.
The woman was later put on another plane to the U.S., MSNBC reported.
The woman's coat that caused concern was in fact a motorcycle jacket which can
be plugged into the motorcycle to keep the wearer warm, MSNBC said.

01-06-04 1442ET(AP-DJ-01-06-04 1942GMT)



DJ Delta Flight From Paris Lands At Cincinnati Airport-MSNBC

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--A spokeswoman for the U.S. Transportation Security
Administration told MSNBC Tuesday that Delta Airlines Flight 43 has landed at
the Cincinnati airport.
The spokeswoman, Jennifer Marty, said the TSA received information that led it
to take additional precautions that included having the plane land away from the
airport terminal.
Marty said that all the passengers and their baggages will be re-screened at
the airport.

01-06-04 1454ET(AP-DJ-01-06-04 1954GMT)

[jayfish]

22. The 14:26 Entry Is Interesting.

So was the flight escorted or not? If it was will DHS be called out for the lie. Ya know what infuriates me more than the "big lies"? It's the little, run of the mill, everyday kinda lies. Doesn't matter if it's a (D.) or an (R.) they all do it and they are never called on it. BTW seeing as they escorted (or not) a plane that Coat-woman wasn't even on, are they now going to escort (or not) her new flight?
The meltdown continues.

Jay

[worldgonekrazy]

23. Some guy had an almanac on board

Heh heh...a joke.

[GRClarkesq]

24. Sucks to be the F-16 pilot

The only they are there is to blow the plane out of the sky if taken by terrorists.

[Demeter]

25. The Silliness Continues

These clowns have got to go. Ashcroft, Cheney, etc., bring on the hook!

[MasonJar]

26. This is farcical.

The lady had suspicious wires which, according to NPR, were part of her jacket. The French chic no doubt. Maybe Laura could take a look. The Dems need to start pounding that all this garbage means that we are less safe now that Sadaam is locked up, after he was officially humiliated in front of the world (especially the world of Muslims.)
Also if jets can be to France that quick, why were they not available to stop the terrorists in NY? Dems, ask that too.

[legin]

27. Rove has found a way of exporting the 'terror alerts'.

when you were having non-stop terror alerts over there about 18 months ago, there was nothing in britain or most likly in the rest of the world and probably nothing in the world's media either.

Now "British Airways airplane not allowed to fly to u.s. again" was front page of the Independant yesterday.

It must have been decided that the lack of 'war spirit' exhibited by the rest of the planet was a problem for bush* and co, so they are doing something about it.

They are internationalising their 'political terror alerts' scam.