Air Mauritius A340 MEL-PER return to YMML
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Air Mauritius A340 MEL-PER return to YMML
Air Mauritius confirm to Rafael Epstein on ABC RAdio Melbourne 774 that a "suspicious item" was found on board the A340 en route to Perth from Melbourne
Bomb threat. Landed R34 1458.
Noticed it tracked down R27 after arrival.
Noticed it tracked down R27 after arrival.
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You have to admit that it's a st act though. I have a real hatred for grotty little bullies who turn up at the airport or get on an aircraft and start throwing their weight around making threats and scaring fellow passengers, even though they're 99.999% likely to be BS.
Maybe a reintroduction of the stocks might be an effective deterrent, they could be placed within tomato throwing range of the security screening queue. There could be a special set for Dirty Harry wannabes from the OTS...
Maybe a reintroduction of the stocks might be an effective deterrent, they could be placed within tomato throwing range of the security screening queue. There could be a special set for Dirty Harry wannabes from the OTS...
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Bit of a worry, they seem to have parked it over the western side of the airport, near the Airservices compound. I start working there on Monday
I have an image of someone in the tower saying, "You want to park it where!?"
I have an image of someone in the tower saying, "You want to park it where!?"
Yeah Warrals, people like this should be publicly humiliated and punished to the max. Not because they are a threat to aviation security but purely because they are too stupid to be allowed anywhere near an aircraft much less travel on one.
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We're lucky in aviation.
Employees in most industries that deal with Bulk Public have to listen to endless abusive complaints, threats of violence and tantrums from a minority of members of the public and smile sweetly while they are verbally and sometimes physically abused.
Modern business practice calls it 'customer service skills'. Apparently it's unacceptable for staff to call wits wits. A bit un PC, because it's not their fault they're wits. As children they were once denied a second helping of icecream, so they're irretrievably scarred for life and we all need to Understand them. Meanwhile all the decent people in the queue fidget nervously and hope they won't have to either 1. wait too long or 2. cop a spray from the 'disadvantaged' bullying brat.
In aviation, when some douchebag fronts up full of self entitlement, rum and bad manners and starts throwing their weight around making threats, we're allowed to punt them off to the AFP as a security threat. Are they a security threat? Probably not, but let's cherish the oportunity.
Are they a selfish, bullying bastard who shouldn't be let loose in public, let alone on an aircraft where the crew can't just throw them out the door when they turn feral midflight (more's the pity )? Absolutely.
Machiavelli: whatever works.
Employees in most industries that deal with Bulk Public have to listen to endless abusive complaints, threats of violence and tantrums from a minority of members of the public and smile sweetly while they are verbally and sometimes physically abused.
Modern business practice calls it 'customer service skills'. Apparently it's unacceptable for staff to call wits wits. A bit un PC, because it's not their fault they're wits. As children they were once denied a second helping of icecream, so they're irretrievably scarred for life and we all need to Understand them. Meanwhile all the decent people in the queue fidget nervously and hope they won't have to either 1. wait too long or 2. cop a spray from the 'disadvantaged' bullying brat.
In aviation, when some douchebag fronts up full of self entitlement, rum and bad manners and starts throwing their weight around making threats, we're allowed to punt them off to the AFP as a security threat. Are they a security threat? Probably not, but let's cherish the oportunity.
Are they a selfish, bullying bastard who shouldn't be let loose in public, let alone on an aircraft where the crew can't just throw them out the door when they turn feral midflight (more's the pity )? Absolutely.
Machiavelli: whatever works.
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And anybody see this one?
Trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Maine airport after passenger claims implanted device - The Washington Post
They should have had me as the Captain, down to 10,000' and depressurise....open door and push the b!tch out!
Morons in future would think twice about such stupid stunts!
Trans-Atlantic flight diverted to Maine airport after passenger claims implanted device - The Washington Post
They should have had me as the Captain, down to 10,000' and depressurise....open door and push the b!tch out!
Morons in future would think twice about such stupid stunts!
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Gotta love the reporting on the Mauritius story. A fully loaded A340 with 180 people on board. I don't know much about A340s, but figure it would be a big plane and would do at least 30 seconds of research before using the phrase "fully loaded".
Pissed off because there's no way of leaving comments on the story
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Originally Posted by stevep64
Bit of a worry, they seem to have parked it over the western side of the airport, near the Airservices compound. I start working there on Monday I have an image of someone in the tower saying, "You want to park it where!?"
was there an exercise by the dog squad or customs or aviation security today? just saying....
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A340 with 180 people on board ... using the phrase "fully loaded".
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Hope the powers to be will be taking fingerprints on the item that was found, as lately we have security audits on airlines were the security personel plant items on the plane, and then rate the airline accordingly......LHR is a classic example
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was there an exercise by the dog squad or customs or aviation security today? just saying....
You moron! You think people do this for fun? Get a life!
was there an exercise by the dog squad or customs or aviation security today? just saying....
You moron! You think people do this for fun? Get a life!
Of course no-one would intentionally leave a training decoy on the plane after a dog training exercise, but when a foreign object turns up in the galley just after departure, it's one of the most likely scenarios that spring to mind.
if this bottle ends up having traces of ammonium nitrate on the label and the training room is missing a prop, then the puzzle will be solved.
Sorry. Moron was a bit harsh! My apologies.
Your scenario, whilst possible, is way out there. It would involve a lot of people not doing their job.
More that likely, the person that did this will be on board again today.
Your scenario, whilst possible, is way out there. It would involve a lot of people not doing their job.
More that likely, the person that did this will be on board again today.