Breaking News - Flight from London to Washington escorted to Boston

[Over Clocker]

A flight from London to Washington DC has been diverted to Boston after the pilot declared an emergency because of a "passenger disturbance".
United Flight 923, with 182 passengers, left Heathrow Airport and landed at Boston's Logan International Airport, an airline spokesman said.

Three passengers are believed to have been involved with a confrontation with the crew on board the flight.

State police are said to have taken control of the plane after it landed.

Reports coming in all the time are changing, but the plane is still on the runway at Boston and has been boarded by officials.

 

[Spacky]

Do you have a linky?

Edit BBC just in

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4799057.stm

Edit again, says Passenger disturbance, doesn't hint at Terrorists

Edit again a different site says confronted the flight crew

 

[WillyNelson]

Sky News story

 

[Over Clocker]

The United aircraft was escorted by fighter jets.

Innitial reports was a disturbance between 3 passengers and flight attendants.

Then they said it was one woman gone hysterican.

Now they are saying female passenger was carrying matches, vaseline, screwdriver and a note with something about Al Queda on it.....

We shall see... Reports are a not too great at the moment!

 

[Over Clocker]

Do you have a linky?

Edit BBC just in

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4799057.stm

Edit again, says Passenger disturbance, doesn't hint at Terrorists prob a bunch of drunken northerners

Gotta be something bigger than that if they are holding the aircraft on the runway and hand checking all luggage.

Could be nothing, could be something, or be nothing real but there may have been some sort of perceived threat.

 

[nelsby]

matches, vaseline, screwdriver

My kind of girl

 

[crystaline]

The United aircraft was escorted by fighter jets.

Innitial reports was a disturbance between 3 passengers and flight attendants.

Then they said it was one woman gone hysterican.

Now they are saying female passenger was carrying matches, vaseline, screwdriver and a note with something about Al Queda on it.....

We shall see... Reports are a not too great at the moment!

vaseline??

Can this be used for some purpose I'm not aware of?

 

[Sleepy]

One report was that a woman became claustrophobic (Fox)

 

[Sleepy]

Now they are saying female passenger was carrying matches, vaseline, screwdriver and a note with something about Al Queda on it.....

AP are quoting a Boston airport spokesman as saying this.

 

[Tru]

I'd hate to have to fly anywhere right now. I'm a pretty laid back person but all it takes is a couple of jittery hand-wringers to kick off a full blown panic.

 

[Rich_L]

Now they are saying female passenger was carrying matches, vaseline, screwdriver and a note with something about Al Queda on it.....

"I'm gonna screw Al Qaeda good and proper, let it be known I'm a slippery customer and they'd better watch out, cos I'm on FIRE!"

 

[IceBus]

vaseline??

Can this be used for some purpose I'm not aware of?

It's highly inflammable - it's petroleum jelly after all

 

[Over Clocker]

vaseline??

Can this be used for some purpose I'm not aware of?

Its pretty flammable I think.

 

[Over Clocker]

Sniffer dogs just boarded the aircraft.

 

[D4VE]

I hope its just a scare, I got to fly on Friday

 

[5ingh]

Is the news being streamed?

 

[Atomic]

According to Sky the person had a note about Al-Quaeda and a screwdriver.

 

[Locrian]

Eek, i hope everything is ok, a girl im semi-seeing is flying back from america today.

 

[Memphis]

Gotta love panic reporting really.

Get the facts before you start trying to panic people!

 

[Locrian]

According to Sky the person had a note about Al-Quaeda and a screwdriver.

She clearly forgot the elastic bands, selotape and sticky back plastic