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Two F-15s scrambled from Portland to meet Alaska Airlines flight 819 in the middle of the Pacific last night because there was supposedly a hijacker on board. A hijacker probably named Mike Crotch because there was really no hijacker at all—the whole thing was the result of a prank call.
The FBI’s field office in Hawaii got a tip saying a passenger on the Seattle-bound flight was planning to commander the plane. This supposed hacker was not acting at all suspicious and was just sleeping the entire time, according to reports. The FBI presumed the tip was probably bogus, but “out of an abundance of caution” and an abundance of wasted tax money, it sent the two jets to escort the flight into SEA anyway. And those damn kids still haven’t learned their lesson about prank calling. [KATU]
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commander the plane?
really, spellcheck broken?
Spellcheck wouldn’t have found that as it is the correct spelling for a word.
I like how some readers just LOVE to point out that the writer made a mistake in their post. Does it excite you when you notice someone else is mistaken ?
Also, a professional writer should double-check their work before posting it online for the readers.
/rant
I like how some readers just LOVE to point out that the writer made a mistake in their post. Does it excite you when you notice someone else is mistaken ?
Of course, fap fap fap
hahahhaa atleast you got what I mean by getting excited
‘protect’ the plane?
How exactly are 2 F15s supposed to ‘protect’ a passenger jet from a hijacker?
Let’s be honest here, they were scrambled to shoot the jet down if it looked like it was going to hit a high profile target.
Sarah Palin’s house?
“Sir, the target is heading towards Sarah Palin’s house”
“Guide it in”