So exactly warning signs should we ingnore from now on?
If you are old enough and have enough mental capabilities to buy an airline ticket, you clearly must comprehend that hijack/terrorist remarks will not be ignored.
From the Chicago Tribune regarding the incident on American Airlines yesterday:
<<<It was not long after Flight 1238 took off from Los Angeles with 153 passengers and 9 crew members that some began to notice Coburn, a man with sandy blond hair, wearing a T-shirt, jeans and brown work boots, sitting in row 21 next to his father. Throughout the flight, Coburn was whispering and talking abnormally, said Mark Jacoby, an accountant from Los Angeles who sat in the row behind them.>>>
<<<Then as the plane was about 40 minutes from landing at O'Hare, the man got up from his seat, ran through the aisle, burst into the cockpit and grabbed the pilot, passengers said.
The plane immediately lurched downward, said JoAnn Rockman's husband, Howard Rockman, an attorney. "We've experienced turbulence before, but never anything like this," he said. "We just went down. It scared to death every single passenger on the plane."
But within seconds, as many as 10 passengers and crew members pounced on him, pulled him out of the cockpit and wrestled him to the ground.>>>
Here is another person denied boarding after being thorougly checked out. If you had just been interrogated by the FBI, would you have done this?
<<<"Nothing was out of the ordinary," Mohammed continued. "They were all polite and pleasant. In fact, by the end of the session, we were on a first-name basis. One of the FBI agents even gave me her business card."
Mohammed was escorted to the plane by all four law enforcement officials, and he boarded the aircraft without incident.
"Once aboard and settled, I unpacked my video camera recorder and set it up in the seat next to me," he said.
"I began recording myself, speaking into the camera in both English and Arabic. There were only a couple of other passengers in the first-class cabin, so I don't believe I was disturbing anyone.">>>