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muriel_volestrangler

(101,361 posts)
Sun Jun 11, 2017, 03:13 PM Jun 2017

Travelling while brown: avoid conversations about current affairs or thriller books

or your flight might make an emergency landing, you might get arrested, and your luggage might get blown up:

"Britons released without charge after Easyjet plane scare

"All 151 passengers were evacuated from the Airbus 319 aircraft using emergency slides, and nine received medical treatment.

"The men, aged 31, 38 and 48, were returning to Stansted, in Essex, from Ljubljana on 10 June when the disruption arose. They are said to have been on a business trip.

"According to prosecutors, the flight was diverted when fellow passengers reported the men were discussing "terrorist matters" and carrying a book entitled "Kill" with a sniper rifle on the cover.
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"No explosives were found in the passengers' luggage or on the plane. A backpack belonging to the men was nonetheless blown up by police."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-40240241

Well, who could possibly be talking about "terrorist matters" a week after a terrorist attack in your nation's capital except someone with evil intent? And a book with "kill" and a sniper rifle on the cover is clearly an indication you're going to hijack a flight - I mean, a sniper rifle is vital for that, and a book with "kill" in the title is obviously the owner's manual, and not an airport thriller.

Yes, at least two of the men are 'Asian' - meaning South Asian in British usage.

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