Unruly passengers cause 2 flights to change course
• APTwo F-16s were launched to catch up with AirTran Airways Flight 39 from Atlanta to San Francisco after a report that an intoxicated passenger had locked himself in a bathroom. The captain decided to divert the plane _ landed at NORAD spokeswoman Stac
Fearmongering at its best.
Sure a couple of drunks can get the F-16's up and flying when 'Air traffic controllers lost radio communication with the Airbus A320, carrying 147 passengers and an unknown number of crew, for more than an hour', flying in the direction of a large city.... nothing. http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/10/22/airliner.fly.by/index.html
Guess that wasn't in the plan book huh?