Military jets escort American Airlines flight into New York

[rsmith6621]

http://www.suntimes.com/news/nation/7602004-418/military-jets-escort-american-airlines-flight-into-new-york.html

NEW YORK Two military aircraft escorted a New York-bound American Airlines flight from Los Angeles after three passengers locked themselves in the bathroom, officials said Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. A law enforcement official said it wasn’t thought to be terrorism.

The North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled two F-16 jets to shadow Flight 34 until it landed safely at New York’s Kennedy Airport shortly after 4 p.m., the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement.

A NORAD spokesman said passengers locked themselves in the bathroom and were still inside when the plane landed. The FBI was responding to the airport. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.

[itsrobert]

1. What the hell?

this is a weird one.

[Nye Bevan]

2. Bad day to join the Mile High Club (nt)

[Rosa Luxemburg]

3. At least NORAD was awake today

pity it wasn't awake on 9/11

[indepat]

8. An inexplicable unfathomable pity indeed

:patriot:

[justiceischeap]

4. Panic attacks maybe? Or as someone else said, Mile High Club. eom

[gateley]

5. I won't judge until we hear what went on, but if it's Mile Highers,

they have no fucking brains and should get the book thrown at them, complete with National Security thrown in.

If this wasn't warranted, we have better things for our F-16's to do.

[cherokeeprogressive]

6. A mile-high-menage? They must be pretty small people! Those bathrooms are tiny... n/t

[kayakjohnny]

11. Not to mention the terrible hygeine issues involved.

[Shagbark Hickory]

7. Maybe they'll really like it where they're going.

Throw away the key.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. If I had to guess, Cigarettes. Or sex.

Or maybe both?

[Lucian]

10. They can do that when someone locks themselves in the bathroom, but...

can't do that when three planes are hijacked on 9/11/2001.

Hmmm...

[Exultant Democracy]

12. Don't point out the obvious... nasty little rabbit hole that one goes down.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

13. More assholes exhibiting stupid plane behavior

I swear, people should be under anesthesia when they fly until they land.

[jimlup]

14. Not a good day to decide to join the 5 mile high club via the bathroom.

Sorry but I find these incidents and our level of national fear amusing. I'll be glad when this day is history. Then we can get back to worrying about real issues.