diamond geezer
Jul 28, 2004, 07:26 AM
link (http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/438877%3fformat=html)
The mid-air bomb scare that forced a United Airlines flight to return to Sydney may have been a genuine misunderstanding, authorities admitted.
** However the government and aviation officials defended the decision of the American pilot to turn round 90 minutes into the flight to Los Angeles after a sick bag with the letters "B O B" written on it was found in a first-class toilet.
** Flight crew aboard United Airlines 840 believed the acronym may have stood for "bomb on board". However flight attendants said it was also a common expression for "best on board" - an attractive person on a flight.
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Flight Attendants Association's Michael Mijatov said "BOB" was a common term used on domestic and international flights by Australian and American crew.
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"Simply, it indicates from the perspective of people on board the aircraft, whether it's passengers or cabin crew, that someone sitting in a particular seat ... to put it quite bluntly, looks good," he told ABC radio.
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It could also simply have been the name Bob, he added.
I suppose in times of "yellow alert" you should never take chances.
The mid-air bomb scare that forced a United Airlines flight to return to Sydney may have been a genuine misunderstanding, authorities admitted.
** However the government and aviation officials defended the decision of the American pilot to turn round 90 minutes into the flight to Los Angeles after a sick bag with the letters "B O B" written on it was found in a first-class toilet.
** Flight crew aboard United Airlines 840 believed the acronym may have stood for "bomb on board". However flight attendants said it was also a common expression for "best on board" - an attractive person on a flight.
*
Flight Attendants Association's Michael Mijatov said "BOB" was a common term used on domestic and international flights by Australian and American crew.
**
"Simply, it indicates from the perspective of people on board the aircraft, whether it's passengers or cabin crew, that someone sitting in a particular seat ... to put it quite bluntly, looks good," he told ABC radio.
**
It could also simply have been the name Bob, he added.
I suppose in times of "yellow alert" you should never take chances.
