Holy Crap! Jewish Teenager’s Prayer Strap Diverts US Airways Flight

The terrorists have won. How stupid. Can you spell TSA?

From HuffPost

PHILADELPHIA — A teenage airplane passenger using an Orthodox Jewish prayer instrument caused a misunderstanding that led the captain to divert the Kentucky-bound plane to Philadelphia and prompted a visit from a bomb squad.A 17-year-old boy on US Airways Express Flight 3079 traveling from New York to Louisville was using tefillin, a set of black boxes attached to leather straps and containing biblical passages, said Philadelphia police Lt. Frank Vanore.When used in prayer, one box is strapped to the arm while the other box is placed on the head.

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via Jewish Teenager’s Tefillin Diverts US Airways Flight 3709 From LaGuardia.

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