BOSTON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - A Washington-bound United Airlines flight from London made an emergency landing in Boston on Wednesday after a woman suffering from claustrophobia became unruly, but there was no apparent terrorist threat, police and security officials said.
Later reports say she had a jar of face cream and loose matches... the Jar of cream is a banned object under the security regs. And of course they blew the incident up out of all proportion till its the top story on the News OH and she's in her 60's and a US citizen!
And what of the London-New York flight that turned back outside London because a mobile rang in the cabin ? The pilot decided to go back 'for security'. Investigators concluded that the phone had been left behind on some earlier flight and that flight had not been from the USA. The heightened security measures are only for flights between London and the US. An intending terrorist might prefer to take a flight from elsewhere to London, therefore
Originally posted by honilov: If a child can get through security, but a tube of toothpaste can't, something is dreadfully wrong. The kid could have been carrying a bomb.
Yes they should definitely stop all children boarding the aircraft. That's for reasons of security. One day someone is going to kill one of the little devils for kicking the back of their seat
Police said he was 
