Passenger Can't Fly Due to "Inappropriate" Book

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04-22-2007, 12:09 PM
Matt Molnar

Passenger Can't Fly Due to "Inappropriate" Book

A detailed account of how several law enforcement agencies and ultimately United Airlines kept a guy from flying because the cover of the book he was reading had an illustration of a time bomb on it...and then bumped him again after he brought the book home and returned with a copy of Harry Potter.

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Philadelphia City Paper:

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Novel Security Measures
A local man was kept off a recent flight because of a book he was carrying.

Everyone knows it is a bad idea to try and board a plane carrying a box cutter, a flight manual written in Arabic, or a sack full of mysterious white powder. But with ultra-tightened airport security, a book could also prevent you from boarding that plane. More...
04-22-2007, 12:19 PM
MarkLawrence

ohhh...damn...I hope they don't check me when I fly to and from LGA in a couple of weeks - what kind of alarm would a memory card of aircraft pictures raise?? :lol:
04-22-2007, 02:35 PM
ATAIndy

I've always wondered myself whether or not people could be kicked off planes for stereotyping. I guess this shows that you can get the boot.
04-22-2007, 05:24 PM
emshighway

Please notice it wasn't the TSA who booted him. :roll:
04-22-2007, 08:50 PM
moose135

Check the date - this happened in October 2001.
04-22-2007, 09:03 PM
ATAIndy

Oh, well being 1 month after 9/11 it makes more sense.
04-23-2007, 01:08 AM
Matt Molnar

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Originally Posted by moose135

Check the date - this happened in October 2001.

Oh, crap. It was a top story on Digg today. I'm dumbfounded.