New Docs On Disputed AirTran Flight Shows No Muslim Hijack Attempt

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From TPMMuckraker: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/02/faa_probe_of_flight_297_shows_no_muslim_hijack_att.php

In the end there was no amateur porn viewing. There was no shout of "infidel dog!" There were no Muslim hijackers.

FAA documents obtained by TPMmuckraker through the Freedom of Information Act thoroughly debunk NASA diver Tedd Petruna's tale of a thwarted hijacking aboard AirTran Flight 297 in Atlanta last November.

In an e-mail that went viral and was trumpeted on right-wing blogs -- which declared Petruna an American hero -- he claimed to have foiled the plot of a group of 11 Arabic-speaking, porn-watching Muslims.

What really happened on AirTran Flight 297 is this, according to the flight attendant reports that are included in the FAA investigation documents:

A man traveling with several others did not comply with flight attendant requests to put away a camera and stop taking pictures before takeoff. Other passengers complained about the "unruly" group of about four -- reportedly Muslim -- passengers. The plane was taxied back to the gate to let the man with the camera off, but the compatriots of the man complained when a flight attendant asked him to leave. Other passengers said they were uncomfortable and did not want to travel with the group.

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Not that we didn't know this already, but there it is.

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1. Shock!

Tedd Petruna's conservoporn is every bit as real as the letters to Penthouse Forum.