Wednesday, January 13, 2010

More Airline Incidents Involving Jihadists

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Amsterdam Flight Diverted After Bomb Threat

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - An ArkeFly flight from Amsterdam to Aruba in the Caribbean was diverted to Ireland on Wednesday after a passenger made a bomb threat during the flight.

Dutch national arrested aboard Aruba-bound plane in Ireland

AMSTERDAM (BNO NEWS) — An ArkeFly passenger plane carrying 224 passengers made an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland on Wednesday morning, authorities said.

Arrest Follows Shannon Emergency Landing

The police said that a 44-year-old Dutch national has been arrested under the Air Navigation and Transport Act and is currently detained under Section 4 of Criminal Justice Act at Shannon Garda Station.

Man arrested after plane emergency landing

The flight was about two hours into its journey and around 210 nautical miles north west of Shannon when the request to land was received.

Plane grounded after emergency landing

An aircraft which was forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport because of an unruly passenger has now been grounded at Shannon after gardaĆ­ decided to carry out a search of the plane.

Plane makes emergency landing at Shannon Airport

A transatlantic flight carrying 224 passengers has been forced to make an emergency landing at Shannon Airport in Ireland after a security alert.

Plane diverted to Ireland after Dutch man cries bomb - reports

AN Aruba-bound flight was forced to re-route to Ireland on Wednesday after an unruly passenger claimed there was a bomb on board, Ulster TV reported.

Meanwhile:

‘Laser louts’ target aircraft landing at Glasgow Airport

Glasgow has emerged as a hotspot for the dangerous trend of shining laser beams in the eyes of pilots as they take off and land.

Leeds-Bradford Airport incidents help inspire new law

A potentially dangerous craze of dazzling aircraft pilots with lasers has been outlawed under new legislation, it was announced today.

Massive rise in people shining lasers at planes

The number of incidents of people shining lasers at planes has increased more than twenty-five fold over the last two years.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Nigeria Approves Air Marshals on U.S.-Bound Flights

Nigeria will create anti-terror squads and deploy air marshals on flights to the U.S. following last month’s failed attempt to bomb a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines plane by a Nigerian national.


Feeling safer?

Anonymous said...

Why Pastorius, you sound surprised!

Muslim Airmarshalls? Let's see the possibilities. . .


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2010/01/18/unanswered-questions-about-lagos-airport-tollgate-concessioning/

Quote: Since the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) concessioned the access gate at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, to I Cube West Africa Limited over a year ago, the move had been plagued with controversies and questions with regards to whether or not the agency is reaping the gains of the concessioning.

When the airport has the name "Muhammed" in it's identity - would you be any less surprised?