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Use the restroom too long and Homeland Security might shoot down your plane.
"NORAD sent two F16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely, airline and federal officials said" 3 falsely detained for sex on plane, police say by Tammy Stables Battaglia - Sept. 12, 2011 09:39 AM Detroit Free Press DETROIT -- Three airline passengers detained Sunday at Detroit Metro Airport after a flight crew reported suspicious activity were actually just using the restroom, according to an FBI spokeswoman. FBI Detroit spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said reports about sexual encounters taking place in the restroom are false, describing them as "stories spinning out of control." Frontier Flight 623 with 116 passengers on board landed without incident in Detroit at 3:30 p.m. after the crew reported that two men were spending "an extraordinarily long time" in a bathroom, Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuck said. The Airbus 318 taxied to a pad away from the terminal and police took three passengers into custody, Kowalchuck said. NORAD sent two F16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely, airline and federal officials said. Both men and a woman happened to be sitting in the same row on the flight, Berchtold said. One man was ill; the other man was using the restroom, she said. Flight 623 originated in San Diego before stopping at Denver International Airport on its way here. Berchtold said Monday that the incident was a false alarm with a heightened sense of security on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. "They're victims of circumstance and victims of the day," Berchtold said. [Well no, they are victims of government idiots!] In a statement issued by Detroit's FBI office, all three passengers were described as "very cooperative." Berchtold said crew members and several other passengers also were questioned. |