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Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:18 AM
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Virgin Atlantic Flight Bomb!

Did you hear that a Virgin Atlantic flight from London had to land in Iceland because of a bomb aboard? This certainly will not help the travel industry.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:26 AM
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I can't seem to find any info on that. Where did you read it?
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:32 AM
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Vita, I heard about it on CNN just this very minute!! But, they aren't saying much about it, only that there will be more details later. I don't think the plane blew up, it was evacuated safely. At least I think it was. Over 330 on board.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:37 AM
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There was just some word on the t.v. that a Arab man was taken off of the V.A. flight in Ryckyvik. Everyone is safe thank God.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:38 AM
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Copied from cnn.com (no details): Florida-bound Virgin Atlantic jet carrying 339 passengers from London diverted to Iceland after apparent bomb threat.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 09:41 AM
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Just heard on Cnn that flight was from London to Orlando and that a threat meassage was left on the bathroom mirror in the rest room. Everyone is ok. there wasn't anything about a man being arrested though. Where did you hear this Grace?
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 11:50 AM
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Now this is something for those compaining about rude people in Europe..imagine how they would react to something really serious like this!
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:01 PM
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They say that it was a hoax.Someone wrote anti American threats on the bathroom window in soap...things about Americans must die...terrible that some moron would put people through that kind of experience after all that has happened.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:01 PM
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Sorry-bathroom mirror-
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:05 PM
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If you do a search at tghe BBC you will find that this happened on the 18th of September! Has CNN just found out about it?<BR><BR>It was a bomb threat, not a bomb.
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:15 PM
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NO it happened on January 19th 2002<BR>It is on the news now..
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:18 PM
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CNN Coverage<BR><BR><BR>http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe...jet/index.html
 
Old Jan 19th, 2002 | 12:37 PM
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Does anyone else think it's high-time to install video cameras on planes?<BR><BR>For years now, I find cameras watching my every movement in airports, stores, traffic intersections, freeways, government buildings, train stations, some trains, some buses, etc. Why not have them on flights? Had there been one on this flight at least it could have pinpointed the last person to enter that lavatory before the threat. I don't see anything wrong with videotaping the activities on each flight.<BR><BR>
 

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