Gov. Chris Christie denies being threatened on plane delayed five hours in San Francisco

[jpak]

Source: NY Daily News

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie denied he was threatened by another passenger aboard his flight from San Francisco to Boston Friday morning.

A person had said something to the Republican presidential candidate just as the United Airlines flight was preparing to take off from San Francisco International Airport around 8:30 a.m., WXFT-TV reported. Christie's campaign later disputed those reports as the flight took off for Boston nearly five hours after its scheduled departure.

The pilot had announced the aircraft was returning to gate for “operational difficulties” and, after a 45-minute wait, passengers exited the plane five at a time for security checks, the TV station reported. The flight was boarding to depart for Boston by around 1 p.m. local time, airport spokesman Doug Yakel told the Daily News.

Yakel declined to comment on what exactly had happened but said that the aircraft was taxiing when it returned to the gate "to remove a passenger."

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Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/gov-chris-christie-threatened-aboard-plane-reports-article-1.2441891

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Someone was "texting in Arabic"

WTF

[randys1]

1. This is hard to understand.

I would love to be able to tell this prick that he is a prick and a bully, but I am sure his thugs would have me beaten so I guess it wouldnt be worth it.

[Shrike47]

2. The 'unruly passenger' probably yelled something rude in Christie's direction.

That would make Chritie's statement true but explain why the airline removed the passenger. You can't have somebody yelling 'you lying turd, you fat fuck' on a plane. It would make the other passengers uncomfortable.

[jpak]

3. It looks like Christie was offended by someone who took a picture of him

and allegedly sent a text "in Arabic".

More Islamophobia...

[Wash. state Desk Jet]

4. The Donald Here !

Was he held up ?



Can't imagine why !

Maybe it happened because it happened.

i'm thinking air traffic control .
Something in the air!












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Here's another one he may find some degree of difficulty getting it over on, if he makes it that far !



Things do happen in a series of three !

[Joanie Baloney]

5. Karma is a bitch

Must have been air traffic control cones.

-JB

[LiberalElite]

7. .

[red dog 1]

6. K&R

Apparently, someone took some pictures of the crew, not of Christie.

What bothers me is the statement in the N.Y. Daily News article:
"United Passenger With Disabilities Forced To Crawl Off Plane"
WTF?
Was the "passenger with disabilities" the one who took the pictures of the crew?


Also,how the hell did Christie know that the person who took pics of crew was also "texting in Arabic"?
Is Christie's eyesight that good?

Wasn't Christie asked to leave Amtrak's "Quiet Car" last month after he yelled at his Secret Service people and also yelled into his cell phone?

I hope this lying loudmouth drops out of the race soon, because I'm sick of hearing about all his travel woes.


Another news source for the incident includes all the Tweets:
http://www.mediaite.com/online/passengers-say-christie-was-threatened-on-boston-bound-flight-campaign-denies-it/

[Enrique]

8. was it a 3-year old Syrian orphan?