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Vladd67 · 18th January 2010, 02:26 PM

Twitter user arrested over joke airport bomb threat | World news | guardian.co.uk
Be careful what you tweet you never know who is going to read it. I bet he would love to know who rang the police after reading his tweet, or maybe nobody contacted the police maybe his tweet just set an alarm off on a computer somewhere, who knows? I guess the moral of this story is you do not joke about airport security in this day and age.

AE35Unit · 18th January 2010, 04:30 PM

Oh no, airport security is taken VERY seriously! Try walking around an airport with a camera, or asking to see the planes take off! I applied for a job in our local airport once and not only was a police check done on me but also I got told off for watching the planes land! And this was a few years ago-probably a lot worse now!

Ursa major · 18th January 2010, 05:44 PM

Perhaps he should have threatened to kidnap Maid Marian (or force her to marry him). Surely even the dimmest PC wouldn't arrest someone for tweeting that.

(Or he could have threatened to give the airport to the poor.)

PTeppic · 18th January 2010, 06:39 PM

Last I heard, the plane spotters and train spotters were being roped in (i.e. given guidance/training material) to help spot terrorists...

Ursa major · 18th January 2010, 10:51 PM

I never knew terrorists carried identifying marks and, more importantly, numbers on them.

One lives and learns.

The Ace · 18th January 2010, 10:53 PM

One down, several million to go.

18th January 2010, 02:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Vladd67 Stake Holder Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 1,773	Twitter user arrested Twitter user arrested over joke airport bomb threat \| World news \| guardian.co.uk Be careful what you tweet you never know who is going to read it. I bet he would love to know who rang the police after reading his tweet, or maybe nobody contacted the police maybe his tweet just set an alarm off on a computer somewhere, who knows? I guess the moral of this story is you do not joke about airport security in this day and age.

18th January 2010, 04:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
AE35Unit ]==[]===© • Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Darlington Posts: 5,577	Re: Twitter user arrested Oh no, airport security is taken VERY seriously! Try walking around an airport with a camera, or asking to see the planes take off! I applied for a job in our local airport once and not only was a police check done on me but also I got told off for watching the planes land! And this was a few years ago-probably a lot worse now!

18th January 2010, 05:44 PM	#3 (permalink)
Ursa major Bearly Believable Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 12,047	Re: Twitter user arrested Perhaps he should have threatened to kidnap Maid Marian (or force her to marry him). Surely even the dimmest PC wouldn't arrest someone for tweeting that. (Or he could have threatened to give the airport to the poor.)

18th January 2010, 06:39 PM	#4 (permalink)
PTeppic Reetou Diplomatic Corp Join Date: May 2001 Location: North-west UK Posts: 3,799	Re: Twitter user arrested Last I heard, the plane spotters and train spotters were being roped in (i.e. given guidance/training material) to help spot terrorists...

18th January 2010, 10:51 PM	#5 (permalink)
Ursa major Bearly Believable Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: UK: ENGLAND: Posts: 12,047	Re: Twitter user arrested I never knew terrorists carried identifying marks and, more importantly, numbers on them. One lives and learns.

18th January 2010, 10:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
The Ace Scottish Roman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Perth and Kinross Posts: 3,811	Re: Twitter user arrested One down, several million to go.

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