Breaking news : Air Tour France plane forced to divert

Steve H · 12-05-2005, 18:17

An Air tour france plane has been forced to divert from its route after the passenger list was found to have a known terroist on board...

Link ... http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...181682,00.html

BBC nice and slow as usual

Strzelecki · 12-05-2005, 18:19

Was its route going anywhere near the White House by any chance?

Derek · 12-05-2005, 18:20

Well a name that is on the USA terrorist watch list. And its not like them to make mistakes is it

Strange how none of the US carriers get diverted (at a not inconsiderable cost) while it happens to other carriers every few weeks.

Not that I'm suggesting anything underhand like them wanting to keep people on their toes of course...

12-05-2005, 18:22

So the plane had been in the air for 6hrs before they noticed. I cant believe these people sometimes. Are they there to make us safe or just create news items
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Originally Posted by Strzelecki

Was its route going anywhere near the White House by any chance?

Nope DC is South of Boston so it would not have passed by

Strzelecki · 12-05-2005, 18:28

I was being sarcastic, i.e the cessna incident earlier.

12-05-2005, 18:29

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I was being sarcastic, i.e the cessna incident earlier.

so was i, hijacked planes dont tend to follow the specified flight path

Strzelecki · 12-05-2005, 18:31

Glad it's not me just who's the only cynical one then!

**Damien** · 12-05-2005, 18:57

Leave the americans alone. Its not like we dont make mistakes :P The dome for one, or the FA, and so on...

Poor americans!

punky · 12-05-2005, 19:59

I am not a big fan of these no-fly lists, but if that's what they think they got to do, then that's their choice.

Personally, I am against all this hype. Instead of all this drama, it would be better to have the plane shadowed by 2 f16s, and let it follow its course until it does something wrong, where the F16s come into play. Once the place is up in the air, if there is someone on board you don't want, then there isn't a whole lot you can do about it. Diverting the plane on an off-chance is a bit costly and not really inefficient. I can't really see how forcing the plane to land early will avoid a hijack.

Derek · 12-05-2005, 20:05

It won't. But it will keep people on their toes that the nasty terrorists are out to get them.

Just think back to that Senator in Farenheit 9/11.

"People will do anything if they are scared."

All it takes is a few off these every few months to keep people edgy and they won't question things.

allieyoung666 · 12-05-2005, 20:16

I thought the list was for airlines and goverments to see?? So how on earth did this person get past all those checks. It makes you think?

**Damien** · 12-05-2005, 20:23

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I thought the list was for airlines and goverments to see?? So how on earth did this person get past all those checks. It makes you think?

No system is 100% perfect though. Sometimes people will get though

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punky · 12-05-2005, 20:26

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Originally Posted by allieyoung666

I thought the list was for airlines and goverments to see?? So how on earth did this person get past all those checks. It makes you think?

Originally the idea was supposed to be that, but the idea keeps getting fought and beaten down. Now, airlines don't have to check, and some aren't in a position to anyway. The only obligation they have is to provide a passenger list during the flight.

allieyoung666 · 12-05-2005, 20:52

That is nice of them isnt it!

**Chris** · 12-05-2005, 21:55

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Originally Posted by punky

Instead of all this drama, it would be better to have the plane shadowed by 2 f16s, and let it follow its course until it does something wrong,

What, you mean like exploding in mid-air over a major city? Not much a whole squadron of F16s could do about that...