Alarm in US plane over 'suspicious message' on Bengaluru airport



Baltimore, Nov 26 (AP): Four passengers were removed from a Chicago-bound flight at Baltimore's international airport last week after a fellow passenger said she saw one of them receive a text with the word "dynamite" and the code for an airport in India, according to a police report.

No such message was found by officers on the passenger's phone, First Sgt. Jonathan Green, spokesman for the Maryland Transportation Authority Police, said today.

The incident report, obtained by AP through a Maryland Public Information Act request, details the events of November 17, when Spirit Airlines Flight 969 to Chicago was taxiing to the runway at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

A female passenger said she became alarmed when a male passenger made several phone calls in a language other than English and when she saw him receive a text message that read "BLR Dynamite," according to the report. BLR is the airport code for Bengaluru International Airport in Bangalore, India.

The female passenger notified the crew. She said the passenger on the phone was traveling with two other passengers, and talking with a fourth, according to the report.

The flight crew decided to return to the gate. All passengers were ordered off the plane, and the four passengers the woman pointed out, three men and a woman, were detained for investigation, the report said.

The report noted that the flight to Chicago was the lastleg of the trip for the four detained passengers, but did not say where their trip began. They were interviewed by Transportation Authority Police officers, an air marshal with the Transportation Security Administration and an agent with the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

Green says the passenger who had been talking on the phone allowed officers to check the device, and no text message with the word "dynamite" was found.

The four passengers were released without charges.

  

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  • Rudolf, Mumbai

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    It is better they form a list of 'banned words', 'languages', gesticulations etc. which the travelling public to avoid such anxiety inducing problems and panic attacks!!

    It is really shocking that we have reached such a stage where even uttering or typing a word like dynamite creates so much of panic!!

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  • Raymond P. D'Souza, Mumbai

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    Let's all have one religion one Flight, then all will stop guessing and will enjoy their Wine & Beer's on their flight.

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai / udupi

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    Wilileaks information

    US has plan to depopulate the global population by one third...starting from middle east n then africa n Asian countries to gain control of natural resources...Depopulation already started in the middle east by US sponsored ISIS...please wait n see ...

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  • Ravi, Detroit

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    This woman's eyesight was exceptional to be able to read someone else's text message. She saw brown people not talking English , got scared and made up the story about the text message. Donald Trump is whipping up frenzy against Muslims, Mexicans and Syrians. Asians and Blacks will be next.

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  • Aubb, Kuwait

    Fri, Nov 27 2015


    Above report says no message with the word "dynamite" was found.

    Will any criminal leave the message un deleted once he had noted down the contents of the message...?

    The report is unclear if a deeper technical scrutiny was done or just an attempt was made to check messages as a lay man would do.

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  • Rudolf, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    This incident demonstrates that the people of this most powerful nation have really gotten into a wave of fear psychosis and paranoia this is nothing short of 'hallucinating'!!

    Just a few days back read a report that some air passengers panicked after they heard two men conversing in Arabic!!

    How can common people live peaceful lives with so much of fear inbuilt in them???

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  • Alex, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    Prevention is better than cure.
    She might have thought, she is in similar case of Russian plane brought down over Sinai by a bomb.

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  • Rudolf Rodrigues, Mangalore/Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    Entire minute of your life span you will be busy checking who is typing, talking, doing what..........then how will you get a good nights sleep??? If not good nights sleep then what the hell???

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  • amigo, Mangalore

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    Rudolf, if you are not attentive in the present situation then you will get permanent GOOD NIGHT SLEEP.

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  • Mathin faroqui, Dubai

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    Could be french or Israeli language..

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  • Rita, Germany

    Fri, Nov 27 2015

    @Rudolf,Mumbai,I think you too were in same Situation when you see/hear sitting in a flight as in the past so many things happened.Easy to write sitting elsewhere as in such Situation.Better to take care than losing self life and others too.Nobody was harmed here.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    The message was "Modi is Dynamic".
    The world interprets this as Dynamite.
    Height of INTOLERANCE ...

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  • Oliver, udupi

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    Mr.Green must know that there was something black which he didn't notice.

    Possibilities that he might have d the message before his cell took in for investigation.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Nov 26 2015

    Height of INTOLERANCE ...

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