You mean moron (in the singular), don't you, Baha? The man, regardless of his nationality, was a complete moron. DL was right in refusing to transport him to New York. In fact, if I was Delta, I would press charges against the man. He committed a felony when he did not obey the aircraft's crew. Hell, I would charge him just for the fact that he incovenienced a whole lot of people by causing the aircraft to be diverted to SLC and all of the baggage rescreened. David R > Morons.. > > > SOURCE: Guardian Unlimited > http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4028214,00.html > > L.A. Flight to New York Diverted to Utah > > Wednesday April 28, 2004 12:16 AM > > SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New > York was diverted to Salt Lake City on Tuesday after a man with a butane > lighter alarmed the flight crew, officials said. > > The man, an Egyptian national heading to Cairo, was carrying a lighter > that resembled a cell phone and allegedly refused to move a bag stowed > beneath his seat. > > Flight 1986 landed at Salt Lake City International Airport about 11 > a.m., two hours after leaving Los Angeles International Airport. > > The man, who was not identified, became ``quite agitated'' when told he > could not use the phone,'' said Michael Fierberg, a spokesman for the > Transportation Security Administration. > > Because the lighter appeared to be disguised and the man resisted > putting it away, a flight attendant notified the pilot, Fierberg said. > > The plane's 139 passengers were taken off the craft to be re-screened > while the man was questioned by FBI agents. He was later released, but > Delta Air Lines refused to transport him to New York, Fierberg said. > > Dogs sniffed passenger bags and agents combed through the plane, which > departed again for New York's Kennedy Airport early in the afternoon. > > -- > David Mueller / MRY > dmueller7@xxxxxxxxx > http://www.quanterium.com