This is getting sillier and sillier by the minute… and also, several more degrees more sinister. What kind of expression, pray, does a potential terrorist have on his or her face as they board their target plane?
I suspect it’s surprisingly similar to the sort of expression on the faces of dozens of outraged airplane passengers after Continental recently hijacked them:
“We were not provided with food,” said passenger Caroline Murray. “There were passengers who were ill. There was one woman who was diabetic. There was a pregnant woman with small children. It was shocking to me.”
As the 124 passengers repeatedly tried to get answers as to why they couldn’t land in Newark or get off the plane, someone caught the scene on film.
“When you’ve got passengers about ready to riot, you’ve got an air crew that’s not properly trained to communicate,” said ABC News aviation consultant John Nance.
At 6:30 p.m., homeland security officers finally allowed passengers to exit the plane, but their troubles didn’t end. The officers led them into a room, where they were held for two additional hours.
“We were removed from the plane and were forced to walk single file against the wall, flanked by armed officers one of whom had an attack dog,” Murray said.
Then it was back on the plane for an additional hour of waiting before the flight finally left for Newark. It landed around 10 p.m., nine hours late.
Sounds to me as if the Homeland Security Officers were acting purely out of malice. I hope the passengers sue.
