Two men removed from Monarch Flight

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by timwilky

A while back I was flying from Manchester to Dubai. Because of c*ck ups with incoming flights I ended up transferred at the last minute to an Emirates flight.


When I boarded the lady in the adjacent seat initially assumed I was Emirates crew and then explained that the two seats we were occupying were reserved normally for returning crew.

Across the aisle there was an obviously Arab guy behaving strangely, she asked me did I find him suspicious and I did. He was talking to himself and his hands were moving all over the place. Halfway through the flight he went to the toilets. 2 minutes later the fire alarms went off. The off duty lady next to me ran down the aisle, grabbed a fire extinguisher from an overhead locker and kicked open the door.

They brought back the individual to his seat and his friend tried to explain that the guy had head problems. so they confiscated his friends lighter as well.

She then told me when she sat down that he had filled the toilet bowl & sink with disposable towels/loo roll and set fire to it. When we landed these two were taken off by police who boarded the aircraft before anyone was allowed to leave.

Having seen first hand the stupid antics that people are prepared to do on aircraft, I have to admit that I would be wary of flying with somebody I thought suspicious. I would not demand that somebody leave a plane simply because of their nationality/colour etc. But once suspicions raised I would be watching for the first sign of them upto something.

Interesting that we were discussing hijacking in the pub a few days ago. The consensus being that it would no longer occur as passengers attitudes have been changed from do nothing and you might get out alive, into I would rather die fighting and might survive than sit here a die doing nothing.

Question. Are there enough keywords in this thread to ring an alarm on the Echelon system?

Well if we dont see you post for the next 28days we'll know why wont we

I agree with keeping a close eye on suspicious people, thats good self preservation. And dont most flights now have armed sky marshal on them for this reason?

Originally Posted by Spiderman

Well if we dont see you post for the next 28days we'll know why wont we

I agree with keeping a close eye on suspicious people, thats good self preservation. And dont most flights now have armed sky marshal on them for this reason?

Mention Al Quaeda in a post - that will get the system going :P

Re sky marshalls, isnt that for US bound flights only?

[Spiderman]

Originally Posted by lynw

Mention Al Quaeda in a post - that will get the system going :P

Re sky marshalls, isnt that for US bound flights only?

Dunno, thats why i asked. I would have thought with the "special" relationship we share with them we copy and blindly follow their lead, non?

[tinpants]

They're obviously guilty. Charge 'em with treason and string 'em up.

















*runs and hides*

I'm not being serious, BTW.

Originally Posted by timwilky

Question. Are there enough keywords in this thread to ring an alarm on the Echelon system?

What's the Echelon system?

[timwilky]

Originally Posted by Tris

What's the Echelon system?

There is no such thing. deny,deny,deny.

Argh....quiet...you'll get their attention

*checks to make sure his tinfoil hat is still on securely and applies a 2nd layer of I can't believe it's not butter*

Phew...well i'm safe, sorry for you suckers

http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jh...log/GetContent

And another one...

Originally Posted by timwilky

There is no such thing. deny,deny,deny.

Aha - You mean BIG BROTHER (not the muppets on channel 4)

The two men in question have been interviewed on the news.

oh yeah, really shifty.....NOT


unbelievable Jeff ! (best Cammy voice req)

'if people are that scared, i feel sorry for them' said shifty man number 1 as he stroked a white cat and cackled.
'no Mr Bond, I expect you to die!' the other said excitedly.