"Nonserious" Incident On Today's Amsterdam-Detroit Flight

With nerves running high after the December 25 incident of a Nigerian man allegedly trying to set off an explosive on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam to Detroit, the flight crew of today's NWA Flight 253 asked for emergency help because of a disruptive Nigerian passenger, an incident the Department of Homeland Security later characterized as "nonserious." The Detroit Free-Press reports, "A law enforcement official says the man removed from a flight to Detroit today posed no security risk to the plane. The official says the passenger was taken into custody after becoming verbally disruptive on landing. Subsequent interviews by investigators determined he was a businessman who became ill during the flight." (CNN said the passenger had locked himself in the lavatory for an hour.)

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By Jen Chung in News on December 27, 2009 5:03 PM

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ProudLiberal1947

As usual the weak kneed and the I want to be cared for crowd is showing their true republican, teabagger yellow spine. Instead of asking how they can improve a system that failed they want to restrict my travel rights typical Right Wing Wacko crap. This is a worthless system that was put in effect by the Worthless republican party and their War Criminal President and the American TRAITOR cheney, a system that was INHERITED and seems so funny with the WAR CRIMINALS on the right who have been beating the WAR drums my oh my we have a breach in the system and guess who and what Party of NO was the first ones out of the gate to criticize ahh we are talking about a PARTY of Hate, and Party of NO and a Party of continuous WAR that's it the republicans. I would like to see a complete OPEN investigation with out any Traitorous republicans involved.

Myself I am using their logic to deduce this out in left field comment, it is they that continually beat the war drums, it is they that are a RACIST, NAZI Party and support ONLY their own ideology of HATE, HATE, HATE. It is the republicans that were First out the gate with prepared sound bytes it is the Party of Hate the republicans that were on the air and in the studios before the President even had a chance to respond so if you do not think this was a setup to win sympathy for the Racist Nazi Christians (RNC) you are sadly mistaken.

Remember republicans and teabaggers are about HATE and more Hate, they represent misinformation and twist information, so until I hear from someone NOT affiliated with these Anti American Parties or their Entertainment Pundits I'll draw my own conclusion because if is coming from the Right it is a lie and you know that as fact because their lips are moving.

sharpshoota

This guy had the explosives sewn in his underwear. He didn't need hand luggage.

ahidayat08

I am very annoyed, isn't anywhere safe anymore? Nobody knows who people are when they are on the plane. they should allow no hand luggae whatsoever on planes an screen everyone again before they board a plane.

longacre

Apparently this guy did not become belligerent until flight attendants broke down the bathroom door and pulled him off the bowl. Multi-million dollar lawsuit imminent, I'm sure.

Snoopy

"Coon" It's strange but in the last few days I've seen that term used quite often on this forum. Do you realize that is an early 20th century racist name for niggers? Please stop using it.

sharpshoota

How is it non-serious? Maybe he was doing a dry run?

jamieob256

More likely, he had the runs.

Snoopy

You try eating a quarter pounder of semi-cooked bush meat less than twenty four hours before a flight and we will see how you react. They'd probably put your butt out the window and shut off the engines.