The story mentioned in Flight 253 thread (pointing to NYDailyNews article) says that "Passengers told investigators that Abdulmutallab spent about 20 minutes in the bathroom and covered himself with a blanket when he sat down"
Only 20 minutes... The second Nigerian man spent an hour. Now TSA has to wake up is ten minutes or more too long... Juha-Matti Alex Eckelberry [[email protected]] kirjoitti: > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091228/D9CS0P2G0.html > > > ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same > Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, > but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger - just an ill traveler who > spent too much time in the bathroom. > > Coming so soon after a Nigerian was accused of trying to blow up a plane, > authorities quickly responded to an emergency call from the crew on Flight > 253 from Amsterdam. Some of the 256 passengers were rattled while others > apparently weren't aware of the incident. > > Tim Jeronimus, 13, said he was "a bit nervous" when officers entered, and his > 11-year-old sister, Emma, said she was scared. > > Their mother, Jane Jeronimus, said the captain told passengers that no > arrival gates were available. > > "I said to my husband, 'That's not true,'" she later recalled inside the > terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Airport police and border officers > then entered the cabin to remove the man from the plane. > > Passengers were safely evacuated, and luggage was lined up on the ground for > inspection by bomb-sniffing dogs. > > The passenger, also a Nigerian, was a businessman who was sick and posed no > security threat, said two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of > anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident. > > The traveler in question had "spent a lengthy time in the restroom," FBI > spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said. > > "This raised concerns so an alert was raised. ... The investigation shows > that this was a non-serious incident and all is clear at this point," she > said. > > The passenger was released after questioning, Berchtold said. > > The man used the bathroom several times during the trip and refused to come > out as the plane was preparing to land, said Lester Robinson, head of the > Wayne County Airport Authority. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
