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Old 20th Feb 2014, 22:46
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wild goose
 
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The name of the airline is very relevant for the simple reason that the way the incidents were handled have a direct bearing on the safety and security procedures of that airline.
The passengers and crew of that flight had their lives directly threatened by those same policies and procedures.
Probably the most questionable aspect is the airline agreeing to allow all passengers to reboard the aircraft without any serious attempt to find the culprit(s).
Access to the toilets remained perfectly free only until the last fire was set.

This can only be described as a high altitude version of Russian Roulette.
This airline is very fortunate (as are the occupants of the aircraft) that a disaster did not occur in the second half of the flight in particular, after reboarding the culprit.
The captains decision to proceed like this is also worth considering.
The apology for interrupting the meal service is commendable.
What about a word about gambling with peoples' lives?
Exposing this airline (union in Arabic) is of paramount public interest and importance.

Some people only learn after lots of people are killed. Anything prior to that threshold is a waste of time.
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