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legitsteryesterday at 7:43 PM2 repliesview on HN

If the terrorists goal is to create maximum fear and confusion, why not?

The staff's primary concern probably was not an actual bomb, but a prankster intentionally trying to create panic with elderly and technically illiterate.


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input_shyesterday at 7:48 PM

I'm sure whichever fictional panic you've imagined would've been far more serious than the one caused by this absolute overreaction.

zamadatixyesterday at 7:48 PM

Maximum fear and confusion by stirring up the elderly on the plane? I'm sure more of that was accomplished by announcing it and then needing to turn the plane around.