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2026-10-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-

United flight returns to airport after passenger spotted texting about hijacking aircraft

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Posted by trailing wife 2026-10-27 2026-10-27 03:15|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [127 views ] Top

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With Trump taking on the task of eliminating a ISLAMIC TERRORIST IRAN.
The largest openly mass Murderer & Enslaver, of any non-Islamic faithful, so far, for the 21st century.

It stands to reason IRAN wants and needs to eliminate Trumps political and congress control powers.

But would pulling off another US style 9-11 before Mid-terms or 2028 likely help or hender the LSD's here in the USA?

Or are large venues like the World Series, or the Super Bowl more suitable targets?

What ever the case, at least the Trump Administration, unlike Obama & Biden's Admin has shown it is willing to take on the Islamic threat, not try and buy it off with Planes of $$$$$$$.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-10-27 06:34|| 2026-10-27 06:34|| Front Page Top

2 New details emerge after United ‘hijacking’ threat — as 25-year-old suspect’s chilling messages are revealed

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-27 09:43|| 2026-10-27 09:43|| Front Page Top

3 Can't understand this.

If cabin is locked and impossible to hijack, it doesn't hurt to fly to Newark and apprehend the purp there.

If cabin is impossible to lock or possible to hijack some other way, it shouldn't matter what airport they are going to either.

Posted by Lord Garth 2026-10-27 10:52|| 2026-10-27 10:52|| Front Page Top

4 ^ Pilots may be safe but main cabin is hostage.
Better to quickly regain control of perp and poss accomplices.

Posted by Skidmark 2026-10-27 13:35|| 2026-10-27 13:35|| Front Page Top

5 Result of a quick internet search — a sober photo of the drunk idiot at the link:

United passenger who forced Newark-bound flight to return to Vegas over hijacking threat has boozy explanation

[MSN-NYPost] A United Airlines passenger accused of grounding his plane home to New Jersey after a flight attendant saw him texting about alleged hijacking plans told cops he was just drunk and joking around with a friend in another seat.

Dante Milne, 25, a trainee welder, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly sending a text, saying, “I’m gonna hijack this bitch and crash ur row only,” while aboard a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark Saturday, according to a criminal complaint.

After his arrest, the Wood-Ridge, New Jersey-native told investigators he’d downed a beer and some shots at the airport bar.

He then fell asleep on the flight only to discover after he awoke that the plane was heading back to Vegas just minutes after taking off, according to Fox 5 Vegas, which cited his arrest report.

Initially, Milne said he texted someone on the flight but said he didn’t remember what the messages were about, the arrest report said.

But when he was specifically asked about the hijack comment, he claimed it was poorly worded “banter between coworkers,” the arrest report said.

Milne claimed he never meant to take over the plane and said he was sorry about how things went down.

Milne had been on his way home after a three-day trip in Sin City for a work apprenticeship training program for underwater welding, he told detectives.

Leaving it on Page 1: WoT for the response, but moving it to Short Attention Span. Without intent it’s not even really a Lurid Crime, it seems to me, but Home Front: WoT was the right place to start, given what we knew last night.

Posted by trailing wife 2026-10-27 23:01|| 2026-10-27 23:01|| Front Page Top

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