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The Straight Story Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:12 PM
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Arrest after mid-air stabbing, bomb threat
Arrest after mid-air stabbing, bomb threat

A 33-year-old woman has been arrested after she allegedly caused 20 minutes of mid-air terror, stabbing two pilots on a flight from Blenheim to Christchurch and threatening to blow up the plane.

Police said a mayday call was received at 7.40am from an Air New Zealand flight, NZ2279, operated by Eagle Air traveling from Blenheim to Christchurch.

The pilots on board reported that a female passenger had attacked them in the cockpit inflicting minor injuries. The injured pilots managed to lock the woman out of the cockpit, and landed the aircraft safely at 8.06am.

The woman, a identified as a 33-year-old Blenheim resident, claimed to have two bombs on board.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html
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DesertFlower Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:13 PM
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1. oy vey. how did she get the knife
on the plane?
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:14 PM
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2. She was just all kinds of trouble, wasn't she? Not content to just stab OR threaten--
went for the Full Monty.
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:15 PM
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5. Yeah, and not just one bomb - but two! nt
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TwilightGardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:17 PM
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6. LOL! She bigged it up! Supersized!
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gateley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:14 PM
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3. New Zealand apparently doesn't have the crack airport security in place like we do. nt
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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:17 PM
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7. Well, they will NOW. I guess all that Peace, Love, No War stuff that they espouse
is gonna get a dose of USA style TSA thanks to this idiot.
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ck4829 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-07-08 07:15 PM
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4. We can tell the woman wasn't a Muslim
If so, the media would be calling it terrorism.
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