Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:15PM: In a time when everyone's on heightened alert against terrorist attacks, a woman in Chile called in a fake bomb threat to keep her boyfriend from flying off to a new job. MSNBC has reported that Grace Guajardo phoned in the threat to keep Rodrigo Gomez from departing on his Iberia flight bound for Madrid.
The couple, who've been in a relationship for over eight years and have three children ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Woman calls in fake bomb threat to keep boyfriend from leaving
Feb 14th, 2011 at 11:15PM: In a time when everyone's on heightened alert against terrorist attacks, a woman in Chile called in a fake bomb threat to keep her boyfriend from flying off to a new job. MSNBC has reported that Grace Guajardo phoned in the threat to keep Rodrigo Gomez from departing on his Iberia flight bound for Madrid.
The couple, who've been in a relationship for over eight years and have three children ...Terrorist gets 15 years for JFK airport plot
Jan 14th, 2011 at 7:30AM: A terrorist who plotted to blow up fuel tanks at JFK airport has been given 15 years in prison, the BBC reports. Abdel Nur, a citizen from Guyana, tried to meet an Al-Qaeda explosives expert in order to blow up JFK airport's fuel depot, and the fuel lines that run below an adjoining neighborhood. He hoped to kill thousands in the attack.
Russell Defreitas, Kareem Ibrahim , and Abdul Kadir were ...Breaking news: Suspected bomb found on German airline
Nov 18th, 2010 at 11:15AM: A flight from Namibia to Germany was delayed earlier today after a suspected bomb was found in a suitcase. The package included a detonator, batteries, and a clock, the BBC reports. Details are unclear at this moment and it is not known if the device was an actual bomb or simply meant to intimidate.
The suspected bomb was found before it was loaded onto an Air Berlin flight from Windhoek to ...Disruptive passenger arrested in Denver after bomb threat
Nov 1st, 2010 at 11:00AM: A disruptive passenger was arrested at Denver International Airport this past weekend when he said he had a bomb. The passenger was late for a flight to Salt Lake City, missed the connection and left his luggage on the plane. After being "disruptive in the gate area" and making inappropriate comments," a United Airlines spokesman told CNN, the passenger claimed he had a bomb in his bag.
This ...Man arrested for Twitter bomb threat at Robin Hood Airport
Jan 19th, 2010 at 12:30PM: In what is probably the world's first Twitter airport bomb threat, a 26 year old man has been arrested when he joked about blowing his airport "sky high".
Paul Chambers was stuck at Doncaster's Robin Hood Airport (yes seriously - that is its name) during the nasty snow storms that hit the UK last week.
When it became clear that the snow could delay his flight, he tweeted the following:
...German tourist arrested for bomb threat at Disney World
Dec 2nd, 2009 at 4:00PM: Seriously folks, who out there doesn't know by now that it's just not okay to make a bomb threat? It's not okay at the airport, and it's not okay at Disney World either. But still, we have yet another story about someone getting arrested for making a false bomb threat.
A 37-year old German tourist told security that he had two bombs in his backpack as he was passing through security at Walt ...Woman makes bomb threat to delay boss' plane
Nov 28th, 2009 at 12:30PM: At some point, most travelers will either come close to missing a flight, or actually miss it and have to wait for the next one. It's not a fun situation to be in - praying that you make it, or that your flight is delayed just a few minutes so that you can get on it, and then sitting in the airport for hours if you do miss the plane - but it's certainly not one that justifies faking a bomb threat. ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendants under investigation for bomb threat
Oct 3rd, 2009 at 1:00PM:
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Like I mentioned in my last post, Fly-Girls, a flight attendant docu-series airing soon, it's rarely ever a good thing when flight attendants are in the news...
It happened a few seconds after the Captain on my flight from Miami to New York ...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 ...Passenger makes bomb threat on Delta flight to LA
Jan 8th, 2009 at 8:30AM: I'm not sure whether it is something in the water, or just a general increase of insane people, but another fool has managed to get arrested after making a bomb threat on his Delta Airlines flight to LA airport. The man got up out of his chair upon approach to LAX, and announced that he was carrying a bomb. Several passengers on the flight then subdued the guy, and used plastic ties to keep him ...Psychic is Threat to Security
Feb 24th, 2007 at 9:14AM: Last week, police at Prague's airport stepped up security...because of a psychic's call: she had a premonition about attacks on airliners.
Apparently, the woman called the cops, and identified herself, saying she was a professional psychic, then described specific flights that were threatened in her "psychotronic" vision. I guess the world we live in is so crazy, the police can't afford to ignore ...
