‘Taliban’ note on jet forces emergency landing

[sabra]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10292063/

‘Taliban’ note on jet forces emergency landing
No one detained or arrested as Phoenix-to-Boston flight interrupted

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - An America West Airbus jet made an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport after someone left a note in the plane’s bathroom that said: “Taliban is Here.”

The plane was flying from Phoenix to Boston Thursday when a passenger saw the note, KCI spokesman Joe McBride said.

The passenger notified the flight crew and the pilot landed the plane at KCI about 1:30 p.m., authorities said.

The FBI, airport police and the Transportation Security Administration responded and police dogs searched the plane. No one was detained or arrested, McBride said.

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

1. sounds like a stupid joke

hope the bozo who wrote it "for laughs" had an important meeting that he missed because of the delay in getting to Boston.

[hwmnbn]

2. So now all it takes is an anonymous note....

to disrupt air travel? It's not even a specific threat. It doesn't make any demands. Am I missing something?

This just seems wrong to me to be so spooked. It shows a lack of confidence in all the airport security procedures in place.

[0007]

3. Is that a laugh I hear?

A piece of paper bringing down an airliner?

[Village Idiot]

4. In a related story, DHS Chief Michael Chertoff...

has broadened the Patriot Act to outlaw the use of paper on commercial airlines.

[VaYallaDawg]

5. Probably will have to do away with pencils, lipstick, markers, etc.

[ck4829]

6. The terrorists have won, no?

If this is all that it takes to scare Americans into submission, then the terrorists have probably won.

[wovenpaint]

7. probably?

It is amazing to think that 3 words on a piece of paper can bring a plane down.

Is this an indication of how safe the airline industry feels with it's security systems??
If so, the terrorists have certainly won.