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Flashback: AirTran Flight 175

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By Douglas J. Hagmann, Director 6 December 2009: It was January 1, 2009 when passengers aboard an AirTran flight 175 departing from Reagan National Airport became alarmed by a conversation they overheard between two other passengers, dressed in Muslim attire, talking about the safest place to sit on board an aircraft in the event a bomb was aboard. The two Muslim passengers were among a party of nine traveling together from Washington DC to Orlando, Florida to attend an Islamic conference. According to one witness report at the time, the content of the conversation not only seemed suspicious, but “deliberately loud or at least loud enough to be over heard by a number of other passengers seated nearby. Those alarmed passengers reported their concerns to the AirTran flight crew, who subsequently caused all 104 passengers, including the 9 Muslims, to deplane while an investigation was conducted...continue to full post

Full post as published by Northeast Intelligence Network on December 06, 2009 (boomark / email).