The Oman Air Scare
Here is a funny news piece that I read today in the Times Of Oman website which was published about a week ago.
Apparently a woman on an Oman Air flight to Chennai in India, was arrested by the Royal Oman Police (ROP) for sparking a scare on the flight. The woman had left a message in the water closet: "You will all die".
The attorney-general said that the woman confessed to these charges. What I did not understand, though, is how they came to a conclusion that this woman was not a threat. Based on the Times of Oman referring to the attorney-general: "While noting that this is a first-of-its-kind incident in the Sultanate, the attorney- general has ruled out the possibility of a terror link to the incident".
So, since this is a first-of-its-kind incident, there is no possibility of a terror link? Really? As far as I am aware, 9/11 was a "first-of-its-kind incident". I really hope they had more evidence than that.
Then the article ended by them saying: "In addition to the threatening message, ROP officials said they had also found a coin in plane’s water closet".
Somebody please explain what that means?
5 comments:
Didn't the very same incident take place in an Emirates flight a while back too? But in the Emirates incident I think it was one of the flight attendants and she confessed later on and she was sentenced to jail.
I remember reading that on Gulf News last month or so.
What's with the coin?
It's all in the coin. Understand the coin and you will unravel the misterryy!!!
But to be serious, the news piece is an obvious sign of the fact that the whole story is not being told. Whilst it is sad, it is something not very unexpected from the local media. They allow news stories as much freedom as a stapled frog swimming in honey.
-FK
Amjad,
I don't think I read that. I think these people watch too much 'axes of evil' and think it's funny to do something stupid as this :p
ljuwaidah,
????
farkknight,
LOL. I guess you could be right. Seems like some pieces of the puzzle are missing.
Wow it’s nice posting, I like it.Adding more information it will be better....
Bathmate
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