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Terror scare in London?

This hasn't hit the news yet, but my brother-in-law is sitting on a plane in Heathrow Airport as we speak, and there is apparently some action going on. It seems his plane was stormed by agents with machine guns, who seized a Middle Eastern passenger from my brother-in-law's row and removed him from the plane.

This is happening as I type this. The wonders of modern technology. More to follow, no doubt....

UPDATE: The flight in question is British Airways flight 0215, from London to Boston.

UPDATE: Multiple passengers were removed from the plane by force. My brother-in-law is now off the plane as well, but he has been herded into some special area at Heathrow....

UPDATE: According to the BA website, the flight will be experiencing an "estimated" two-hour delay.... make that four....

According to the BA website, it looks like the plane finally took off, 5 hours and 1 minute late....

UPDATE: BA's not talking about it. They've given out a press contact number: (347) 418-4729 -- if anyone with press creds wants to take a shot at it. Something tells me the official statement, if any, won't be especially informative, however. (Hat tip: Janet)

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I am glad that your bro-in law is not hurt. Maybe very shaken but not hurt. Thank God.

The Secret Service, there, are on the ball.

Death to Islam please.

now a 3 hour delay.

Still no MSM coverage. Keep us posted.

Yeah, I'll admit, the lack of coverage is getting bizarre at this point...

Wow, this is amazing. The Pajamahadeen/bloggers are now beating the media to the story. Glad your brother and everyone else is fine!!! I hope there is a camera on his phone and he's taken pictures. If the story is a big one, those photos could be worth thousands.

Yep..see URL

Yep..see URL


I've read your article. Are you trying to say you already have photos of this event posted? Sorry to be so obtuse but it's fascinating to learn the news in progress from bloggers.

Thanks

what URL?

Damn those Lutherans.

I'm glad your BIL is apparently safe. I hope the wifey's OK - I know this can be nervewracking for her.

I know when I used to go through Heathrow on my Asian sex tours, the airport security was tight. They even confiscated my kitty porn.

5 hours now.

Death to Christianity please.

The flight landed in Boston at 6:35 EDT, more than 2 hours ago. Any word from the passengers about the ordeal at Heathrow?

the massport/logan airport website states the plane won't land til 11:30 pm EDT

http://www.massport.com/logan/a_default.aspx

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