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U.S. flight diverted, escorted by F-15 fighters due to suspicious passenger

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By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director 7 January 2010: A suspicious incident took place yesterday aboard Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39 that is being incorrectly portrayed by some in the media, causing some people to claim that the airline crew over reacted due to the near bombing of a passenger aircraft on Christmas Day.  While the media?s handling of the incident is not the story, the ?spin? could be, but I will leave that for a future topic. For now, let?s look at the incident. Hawaiian Airlines Flight 39, a Boeing 767-300 carrying 231 passengers and 10 crew members, departed from Portland, Oregon to its destination of Kahului, Hawaii. About 90 minutes into the flight, an as-yet unidentified 56 year-old male passenger from Salem, Oregon, traveling with a female companion, allegedly refused to stow a large, carry on duffle bag when instructed by flight attendants, quietly passed a note to the flight crew, and made a number of ?suspicious remarks? that were interpreted as threatening...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).