The Daily Hijack Joke Story, This Time SYD-KUL-VIE
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The Daily Hijack Joke Story, This Time SYD-KUL-VIE
SMS hijack hoax no joke
By Luke McIlveen
December 19, 2004
A MAN on board a flight from Sydney Airport caused a major international security alert when he text messaged his wife overseas to tell her his plane had been hijacked by Islamic terrorists.
Italian tourist Antonio Casale, 35, sent SMS messages as a joke after taking off on Lauda Austrian Airlines flight OS2 at 6.30pm last Sunday.
The Sunday Telegraph understands Casale, who was travelling to Vienna via Kuala Lumpur, sent the messages during a re-fuelling stop in the Malaysian capital.
He claimed terrorists were in control of the plane and were taking the passengers to an unknown destination.
Casale's distressed wife alerted police within minutes of receiving the flurry of messages at home in Milan.
Australian Federal Police were then informed a group of terrorists had possibly boarded the flight in Sydney and were asked by Italian authorities to carry out background checks on passengers.
The Italian Embassy in Canberra was drawn into the full-scale operation and provided details of Casale's movements in Australia.
Anti-terror agents in Kuala Lumpur were also tipped off about the possibility of another September 11-style terror attack. They were able to raise the pilot and connect him to counter-terror negotiators.
Casale's message was confirmed as a hoax when negotiators contacted the pilot mid-flight and found him oblivious to any hijacking attempt. The flight was allowed to continue and authorities arrested the man upon his arrival in Vienna.
Other passengers on the flight had no inkling of the drama unfolding around them. Casale was taken aside by the plane's captain.
When the plane landed in Vienna, police detained Casale for questioning but later released him without charge.
For 12 anxious minutes, Austrian Airlines and anti-terror agents in four countries considered the matter anything but a joke.
"It was serious because you have to go through the checks and all the procedures to ensure the threat was not real," said airline spokesman Johannes Davoras.
Vienna Airport police chief Dr Leo Lauber said police released Mr Casale after deciding there was no malice behind the ill-judged prank.
"What he did was stupid but since he had no intention of injuring anybody, we released him," he said. While the incident was exposed as a bizarre prank, the Australian Government was prepared to put its counter-terrorism program into full swing if the messages proved correct.
"We don't need idiots carrying on the way this passenger apparently was," Deputy PM John Anderson said.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E401,00.html
By Luke McIlveen
December 19, 2004
A MAN on board a flight from Sydney Airport caused a major international security alert when he text messaged his wife overseas to tell her his plane had been hijacked by Islamic terrorists.
Italian tourist Antonio Casale, 35, sent SMS messages as a joke after taking off on Lauda Austrian Airlines flight OS2 at 6.30pm last Sunday.
The Sunday Telegraph understands Casale, who was travelling to Vienna via Kuala Lumpur, sent the messages during a re-fuelling stop in the Malaysian capital.
He claimed terrorists were in control of the plane and were taking the passengers to an unknown destination.
Casale's distressed wife alerted police within minutes of receiving the flurry of messages at home in Milan.
Australian Federal Police were then informed a group of terrorists had possibly boarded the flight in Sydney and were asked by Italian authorities to carry out background checks on passengers.
The Italian Embassy in Canberra was drawn into the full-scale operation and provided details of Casale's movements in Australia.
Anti-terror agents in Kuala Lumpur were also tipped off about the possibility of another September 11-style terror attack. They were able to raise the pilot and connect him to counter-terror negotiators.
Casale's message was confirmed as a hoax when negotiators contacted the pilot mid-flight and found him oblivious to any hijacking attempt. The flight was allowed to continue and authorities arrested the man upon his arrival in Vienna.
Other passengers on the flight had no inkling of the drama unfolding around them. Casale was taken aside by the plane's captain.
When the plane landed in Vienna, police detained Casale for questioning but later released him without charge.
For 12 anxious minutes, Austrian Airlines and anti-terror agents in four countries considered the matter anything but a joke.
"It was serious because you have to go through the checks and all the procedures to ensure the threat was not real," said airline spokesman Johannes Davoras.
Vienna Airport police chief Dr Leo Lauber said police released Mr Casale after deciding there was no malice behind the ill-judged prank.
"What he did was stupid but since he had no intention of injuring anybody, we released him," he said. While the incident was exposed as a bizarre prank, the Australian Government was prepared to put its counter-terrorism program into full swing if the messages proved correct.
"We don't need idiots carrying on the way this passenger apparently was," Deputy PM John Anderson said.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_...55E401,00.html
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"We don't need idiots carrying on the way this passenger apparently was," Deputy PM John Anderson said.
Sheesh.
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Should be locked up, if only for a week or so.
I once had a guy come up to the checkin desk and when I asked the security questions he said, "Yeah, al queda have been messing with it." Got the security guy over who brought the police to the checkin. The airline duty manager made it clear he wouldn't be travelling with said airline again, but the police released him after a few minutes of questioning.
Madness.
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I once had a guy come up to the checkin desk and when I asked the security questions he said, "Yeah, al queda have been messing with it." Got the security guy over who brought the police to the checkin. The airline duty manager made it clear he wouldn't be travelling with said airline again, but the police released him after a few minutes of questioning.
Madness.
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Silly season again, apparently.
Pax on a CX 747 attempted to open exit at FL300.
Charged with actions likely to endanger an aircraft, so a decent lawyer should be able to beat that
Pax on a Skywest CRJ locked himself in the head resulting in a diversion. Don't CRJs have a slider release ?
Pax on a CX 747 attempted to open exit at FL300.
Charged with actions likely to endanger an aircraft, so a decent lawyer should be able to beat that
Pax on a Skywest CRJ locked himself in the head resulting in a diversion. Don't CRJs have a slider release ?
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Hope they`ll have him pay the expences for the alert. Sorry to say, but the only way "spooking off" those cranks is to let them pay "all and more" and have them banned from flying on ANY airline. Maybe then they learn.
...or, as cormacshaw wrote: when they meet up their wife back home
...or, as cormacshaw wrote: when they meet up their wife back home
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I asked the security questions he said, "Yeah, al queda have been messing with it."
Point 1, what sort of low life finds that sort of comment even slightly funny?
Point 2, what on earth are the police forces of this world doing, letting them off with a stern word...Bet that sends out a warning that they'll never forget.
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Point 1, what sort of low life finds that sort of comment even slightly funny?
Point 2, what on earth are the police forces of this world doing, letting them off with a stern word...Bet that sends out a warning that they'll never forget.
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I really, really don't get it. There must be some stupid people in the world.
What would posess a person to entertain for even half a second that anything like this is remotely witty or funny? I have heard one or two arguments of "Well, maybe they're p*ssed off with extra security or venting" or something along those lines. What a crock. The Jerricho stamp of "NEVER TO BE ALLOWED AIR TRAVEL AGAIN" in the passport is looking like a feasible introduction.
The shallow end of the gene pool looks to be getting a little fuller. Perhaps it's time to turn the filter on.
What would posess a person to entertain for even half a second that anything like this is remotely witty or funny? I have heard one or two arguments of "Well, maybe they're p*ssed off with extra security or venting" or something along those lines. What a crock. The Jerricho stamp of "NEVER TO BE ALLOWED AIR TRAVEL AGAIN" in the passport is looking like a feasible introduction.
The shallow end of the gene pool looks to be getting a little fuller. Perhaps it's time to turn the filter on.
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While I fully appreciate your sentiment, what you guys are effectively calling for are laws to ban poor, even stupid, attempts at humour. That is generally known as Thought Policing and if that's what you're after, please let me know prior to you succeeding so that I can make my escape off this planet.
I once, in an immensely embarrasing moment, had a total brain meltdown and blurted out a stupid comment to a security person. That resulted in a very, very, stern telling off by an armed member of the Police department, a collegue of his standing a few yards off with H&K at ready. While it was hardly a brown trousers moment, it was not something I shall ever forget, or even attempt to redo. No matter how silly, or outright stupidly, security may seem to my eyes I won't ever make the mistake of giving them a piece of my mind again. Lesson learned? You bloody betcha!
Maybe it doesn't work for all people, but that little interview with Mr. Plod certainly made me see the light and is, I dare to suggest, a whole lot cheaper than bringing the full machinery of Law and Order into force.
I once, in an immensely embarrasing moment, had a total brain meltdown and blurted out a stupid comment to a security person. That resulted in a very, very, stern telling off by an armed member of the Police department, a collegue of his standing a few yards off with H&K at ready. While it was hardly a brown trousers moment, it was not something I shall ever forget, or even attempt to redo. No matter how silly, or outright stupidly, security may seem to my eyes I won't ever make the mistake of giving them a piece of my mind again. Lesson learned? You bloody betcha!
Maybe it doesn't work for all people, but that little interview with Mr. Plod certainly made me see the light and is, I dare to suggest, a whole lot cheaper than bringing the full machinery of Law and Order into force.
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PaperTiger said
At least it wasn't the Captain this time!
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=152664
Pax... locked himself in the toilet.
http://www.pprune.org/forums/showthr...hreadid=152664
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Sorry FFF, but there are poor attempts at humour, then there are things which are socially unacceptable and just downright stupid. These sorts of incidents fall into the second category.
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I find it difficult to believe that any passenger wouldn't be aware that stupid coments to security now get a more extensive response than a stony faced "That's not a funny comment, Sir."
What irritates me is getting the same stupid comments and jokes from the security staff doing checks. My last trip to USA staff at ORD cracked jokes about looking for bombs in my shoes after I was selected for extra screening.
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Oh, yeah. Extra screening at every stop! "Hey, you're foreign and you've checked in early - get over here!"
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What irritates me is getting the same stupid comments and jokes from the security staff doing checks. My last trip to USA staff at ORD cracked jokes about looking for bombs in my shoes after I was selected for extra screening.
<rant>
Oh, yeah. Extra screening at every stop! "Hey, you're foreign and you've checked in early - get over here!"
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