I read this horrifying article on womenswallstreet.com about United Airlines flight 925. It gave me the creeps and I know I will not fly on United Airlines from now on. This article continues the series "Horror In the skies" published on womenswallstreet.com. The original article published on womenswallstreet.com that talked about suspicious activity on a flight was posted on Makeuptalk.
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What Happened on United Airlines Flight 925?
This is Part IX of the ongoing series entitled, “Terror in the Skies, Again?â€
By Annie Jacobsen
10/18/2004
Flight attendants, pilots, Federal Air Marshals and other airline industry personnel continue to contact me with their stories of possible terrorist probes on commercial aircraft. Their first-hand accounts all involve unusual and suspicious in-flight behavior by Middle Eastern men. For months now, I've been compiling these incidents. But because airline employees, as well as Federal Air Marshals, are strictly forbidden to speak to the press, it's been a slow, uphill climb to collect the information. But just recently, several courageous individuals agreed to let me tell their story about a United Airlines flight which flew this past June. Most were nervous to talk to me -- all United Airlines employees sign strict non-disclosures stating that under no circumstances can they discuss "accidents and incidents" with the press. But the incident they were involved in was so threatening, and the way it was handled so appalling, they felt compelled to speak out.
June 13, 2004
At London's Heathrow airport, the crew of United Airlines flight 925 was busy helping the last of its passengers settle into their seats. It would be about an 8-hour flight -- 3,677 miles direct to Washington's Dulles airport. Flight attendants conducted last minute safety checks and readied the massive Boeing 777 and its nearly 400 passengers for take-off. Then, just minutes before the aircraft doors were set to close, ground agents hurried down the jet way with a group of late arrivals.
According to the ground agents, the nine men had arrived independently on separate itineraries from various Middle Eastern countries. The flight crew was told that one man came from Lahore, Pakistan, another from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, another from Afghanistan. Several of the men had no carry-ons, which one of the flight attendants found unusual. Most passengers embarking on a long, international flight carry at least something with them. The flight attendant took the ground agent aside and said, "something's not right."
The ground agent told the flight attendant she was being paranoid. The men, purportedly all Pakistani nationals, had been through secondary screening and had been swabbed for explosives. A heated discussion between the United Airlines ground agent and the flight attendant took place. The flight attendant inquired about what, if any, additional security measures could be taken; the ground agent pressed for an on-time departure. No additional security checks were made and the flight left on time.
Once the flight was in the air, a flight attendant in the coach class cabin noticed a bag in the aisle. She asked that the owner of the bag identify him or herself at once. No one came forward to claim the bag. One of the late-arriving Middle Eastern men was seated nearby. The flight attendant asked the man pointedly if the bag was his. He replied "no" in English. Later, this same man approached the flight attendant and said that the bag in the aisle was his bag and that he wanted it back.
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Safety in the Skies Series
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What Happened on United Airlines Flight 925?
This is Part IX of the ongoing series entitled, “Terror in the Skies, Again?â€
By Annie Jacobsen
10/18/2004
Flight attendants, pilots, Federal Air Marshals and other airline industry personnel continue to contact me with their stories of possible terrorist probes on commercial aircraft. Their first-hand accounts all involve unusual and suspicious in-flight behavior by Middle Eastern men. For months now, I've been compiling these incidents. But because airline employees, as well as Federal Air Marshals, are strictly forbidden to speak to the press, it's been a slow, uphill climb to collect the information. But just recently, several courageous individuals agreed to let me tell their story about a United Airlines flight which flew this past June. Most were nervous to talk to me -- all United Airlines employees sign strict non-disclosures stating that under no circumstances can they discuss "accidents and incidents" with the press. But the incident they were involved in was so threatening, and the way it was handled so appalling, they felt compelled to speak out.
June 13, 2004
At London's Heathrow airport, the crew of United Airlines flight 925 was busy helping the last of its passengers settle into their seats. It would be about an 8-hour flight -- 3,677 miles direct to Washington's Dulles airport. Flight attendants conducted last minute safety checks and readied the massive Boeing 777 and its nearly 400 passengers for take-off. Then, just minutes before the aircraft doors were set to close, ground agents hurried down the jet way with a group of late arrivals.
According to the ground agents, the nine men had arrived independently on separate itineraries from various Middle Eastern countries. The flight crew was told that one man came from Lahore, Pakistan, another from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, another from Afghanistan. Several of the men had no carry-ons, which one of the flight attendants found unusual. Most passengers embarking on a long, international flight carry at least something with them. The flight attendant took the ground agent aside and said, "something's not right."
The ground agent told the flight attendant she was being paranoid. The men, purportedly all Pakistani nationals, had been through secondary screening and had been swabbed for explosives. A heated discussion between the United Airlines ground agent and the flight attendant took place. The flight attendant inquired about what, if any, additional security measures could be taken; the ground agent pressed for an on-time departure. No additional security checks were made and the flight left on time.
Once the flight was in the air, a flight attendant in the coach class cabin noticed a bag in the aisle. She asked that the owner of the bag identify him or herself at once. No one came forward to claim the bag. One of the late-arriving Middle Eastern men was seated nearby. The flight attendant asked the man pointedly if the bag was his. He replied "no" in English. Later, this same man approached the flight attendant and said that the bag in the aisle was his bag and that he wanted it back.
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