Jun 17th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Authorities are warning luxury hotels to be on the watch after new intelligence obtained reveals that Al Qaeda was planning a "Mumbai-style" attack on luxury hotels, specifically The Ritz-Carlton, in London.
The information was obtained after authorities found materials at a checkpoint in Mogadishu where Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the Al Qaeda operative who masterminded the 1998 U.S. embassy ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Luxury hotels in U.K., U.S. warned of 'Mumbai-style' terror threat
Jun 17th, 2011 at 11:30AM: Authorities are warning luxury hotels to be on the watch after new intelligence obtained reveals that Al Qaeda was planning a "Mumbai-style" attack on luxury hotels, specifically The Ritz-Carlton, in London.
The information was obtained after authorities found materials at a checkpoint in Mogadishu where Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, the Al Qaeda operative who masterminded the 1998 U.S. embassy ...Box cutter blades found on Delta flight from Tokyo to Oregon
Nov 3rd, 2010 at 12:00PM: A plane was searched top to bottom upon landing in Oregon after the crew found box cutter blades on it. Delta, recently named the worst airline in the United States, engaged the help of FBI, TSA and Customs and Border Protection officials when Flight 90 arrived from Tokyo, with 155 passengers and a crew of 10.
According to MSNBC:
The flight crew "opted to contact authorities and request they ...FBI charges passenger for in-flight grabbing
Oct 21st, 2010 at 3:00PM: You need to keep your hands to yourself when you fly – it's just that simple. Not only is it smart and appropriate, but it'll keep you out of trouble. Well, that's what Alpharetta, Georgia resident Ranchhodbhai Lakha learned the hard way.
This 61-year-old passenger faces a variety of sexual assault charges because he allegedly groped a 20-year-old woman on a flight from Dallas to Atlanta. ...FBI hunts for close in Miami-Boston bomb threats
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:00PM: The FBI is looking for common denominators in bomb threats on American Airlines flights between Miami and Boston. Two cases have arisen, prompting the FBI to dig a little deeper. The most recent incident occurred on Wednesday, when a flight attendant found "bomb on board, Boston-Miami" written on a bathroom cabinet. A search of the luggage yielded no bombs or other weapons.
On September 17, a ...Naked guy forces Albuquerque landing
Jul 2nd, 2009 at 12:00PM: Keith Wright, a New Yorker (damn!) felt restricted by more than just cramped airline seating today. On a flight from Charlotte to Los Angeles, he ditched his clothing and did not respond (vocally, at least) to flight attendant requests to put them back on. The mile-high nudist also wouldn't accept the cover of a blanket.
As a result of Wright's defiance, the US Airways flight was diverted to ...New York once again safest city in U.S.
Jun 3rd, 2009 at 6:00PM: New York was once again the safest city in the United States last year, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics Michael Bloomberg. Well, in fairness, the mayor did cite stats from the FBI. And, he wasn't shy about pointing out that crime fell another 12 percent in the first five months of 2009. New York is tops among the 25 largest cities in the country.
Stretch the standard to ...More on Muslim family kicked off of AirTran flight for questioning
Jan 3rd, 2009 at 10:30AM: Yesterday, not long after Scott posted about the American family who are Muslim were removed from an AirTran flight at the Ronald Reagan International Airport in Washington D.C., I heard an interview on NPR with Atif Irfan, one of the family members.
Irfan explained in more detail what happened to create the misunderstanding. Because there were nine of them, the family had booked the last rows ...Paranoia strikes again - Muslim family kicked off their Airtran flight
Jan 2nd, 2009 at 1:00PM: Here we go again. Another family traveling for the holidays has been kicked off their flight after a fellow passenger observed them mentioning the word "safety". That's right, not "bomb", "terrorist" or "hijack". Just your average family of 9 trying to figure out where they wanted to seat. Someone on board managed to get the attention of 2 federal air marshals, who then contacted their superiors ...Man charged with bomb parts in luggage
Apr 2nd, 2008 at 10:40AM: In a way, it is good to know that they actually screened those checked bags. I was always skeptical about how many they honestly scanned.
Yesterday, the FBI arrested a 32-year-old Jamaican man because he allegedly tried to board a plane at Orlando International Airport with pipe bomb components and instructions in his checked luggage, Reuters reports. Agents found two galvanized pipes, end caps, ...Frisky Passenger Faces Prison
May 4th, 2007 at 3:36PM: Ever take a trip with your spouse or significant other, and suddenly find yourself "in the mood" at 20,000 feet? You may want to keep that affection in check. Some guy from California might go to jail for getting it on with his girlfriend in the air.
Carl William Persing has been convicted of interfering with flight attendants and crew members after he and his girlfriend "made other passengers ...No Fly List Exposed
Oct 15th, 2006 at 11:08PM: Another CBS News piece I missed for who knows what reason, but they've got a pretty good summary of what went down in the program. In a very interesting episode of 60 Minutes, correspondent Steve Kroft goes over the very sloppy and inaccurate No Fly government list that can detain fliers for hours and create a ton of unnecessary hassle for the innocent or unlikely terrorist. For starters the "No ...
