Needles found in sandwiches, Delta says; FBI to investigate

[Shadow]

Washington (CNN) -- The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the discovery of sewing needles in four turkey sandwiches on separate Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to the United States.
The objects were discovered in food on planes as they were en route from Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands to Minneapolis, Seattle and two flights to Atlanta, according to Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur. Two of the needles were found by passengers, she said, at which point Delta told all 18 flights from Amsterdam to stop serving the sandwiches.

Two more needles were discovered, including one found by a federal air marshal. One passenger on the plane going to Minneapolis was injured by the needle but declined medical treatment upon landing, according to Baur.
Federal agents have begun a criminal investigation, said Special Agent Stephen Emmett, an FBI spokesman in Atlanta.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/16/travel/delta-needles/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Washington (CNN) -- The FBI says it has launched an investigation into the discovery of sewing needles in four turkey sandwiches on separate Delta Air Lines flights from Amsterdam to the United States.
The objects were discovered in food on planes as they were en route from Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands to Minneapolis, Seattle and two flights to Atlanta, according to Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur. Two of the needles were found by passengers, she said, at which point Delta told all 18 flights from Amsterdam to stop serving the sandwiches.

Two more needles were discovered, including one found by a federal air marshal. One passenger on the plane going to Minneapolis was injured by the needle but declined medical treatment upon landing, according to Baur.
Federal agents have begun a criminal investigation, said Special Agent Stephen Emmett, an FBI spokesman in Atlanta.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/16/travel/delta-needles/index.html?hpt=hp_t1

Most likely muslim acts . A new way to spread terror. They just love to spread fear far and wide!-Tyr

[Kathianne]

Weird but it seems 3 of 5 sandwiches went to folks from MN.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/07/17/3-from-mn-get-needles-in-sandwiches-on-delta-flights/

could be a test of food safety on planes. Could have been a plot to have hurt one person, but used multiple to divert attention from the intended victim. Too soon to say, 'terrorists.'

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Weird but it seems 3 of 5 sandwiches went to folks from MN.

http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/07/17/3-from-mn-get-needles-in-sandwiches-on-delta-flights/

could be a test of food safety on planes. Could have been a plot to have hurt one person, but used multiple to divert attention from the intended victim. Too soon to say, 'terrorists.'

I just cited the most likely culprits=muslim terrorists.
Certainly could be others but my money is on the delighters in terrorism.-Tyr

[Kathianne]

Hmmm:

http://news.yahoo.com/man-bit-needle-found-sandwiches-delta-flight-put-113731748--abc-news-topstories.html


Man Who Bit Into Needle Found in Sandwiches on Delta Flight Put on Anti-HIV Medicationhttp://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/tfXuOGOB82RMR5spD1eOQw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9Zml0O2g9MjM-/http://l.yimg.com/os/590/2011/10/20/RR-logo_003910.png (http://abcnews.go.com/)<cite id="yui_3_5_1_22_1342537215879_400" class="byline vcard">By PIERRE THOMAS | ABC News – <abbr id="yui_3_5_1_22_1342537215879_399" title="2012-07-17T11:37:31Z">3 hrs ago

</abbr></cite> One of the airline passengers who bit into a sandwich containing a one-inch needle (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/needles-found-sandwiches-delta-flights/story?id=16790585#.UAVBjZHlTUk) earlier this week has now been put on antiretroviral drugs used for the treatment of HIV, and says the FBI is investigating the incidents aboard four Delta Air Lines flights as a criminal case.


James Tonges said he was placed on the drug Truvada (http://abcnews.go.com/Health/AIDS/wireStory/fda-approves-pill-prevent-hiv-16787418), which has recently been approved by the FDA, following the incident aboard a Delta flight from Amsterdam to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Half a dozen sewing needles have now been found in sandwiches on four separate Delta flights, and Tonges, who was sitting in his flight's business elite cabin, was unfortunate to have bitten into one of them.


"It was on the second bite into the sandwich, it actually poked the top of my mouth. It was about one inch long, straight needle," Tonges told "Good Morning America." "Since it punctured the top of my mouth, I had to be put on medication, and we're waiting to see if there's any type of substance on the needle. They're doing their examination right now."

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Tonges also told "Good Morning America" Tuesday that his teenage son, who was travelling from Amsterdam's Schipol Airport on a different flight, was also a victim, and authorities are investigating.


"That was the uncanny thing," Tonges said. "When I landed I spoke to the FBI, then I called my wife to let her know what had happened. She said something happened to our son on a flight on a parallel flight from Amsterdam to Atlanta."


The teen would not surrender the needle to authorities, who noted he told them that he planned to use it as evidence in a lawsuit.



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[mundame]

The father-and-son act seems dubious. BOTH of them got needled? And the son thought of saving the needle for a lawsuit?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

[mundame]

The news said the sandwiches were made in Amsterdam; at least it wasn't Americans doing such a thing.

[Kathianne]

The father-and-son act seems dubious. BOTH of them got needled? And the son thought of saving the needle for a lawsuit?

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Both did, on different flights. Coincidence? LOL! I keep checking news, but have to go to work in a few. My guess we're going to see some 'news' on this one. ;)

[aboutime]

Both did, on different flights. Coincidence? LOL! I keep checking news, but have to go to work in a few. My guess we're going to see some 'news' on this one. ;)




This reminded me of that woman who SUED MacDonalds for the spilled HOT coffee in her lap, or that woman who found a BUG in her salad.


We all know. People will do almost anything, or try anything IF THERE IS MONEY at the end of the RAINBOW!

[jafar00]

Most likely muslim acts . A new way to spread terror. They just love to spread fear far and wide!-Tyr

Just waiting for my next chance to show you up as an idiot when the details come out.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Just waiting for my next chance to show you up as an idiot when the details come out.
Thats the second time you issued a personal insult directly to me.First was moron now comes idiot. Why?
Have I done so to you?
Do continue as it reveals so much about you.-Tyr

[jafar00]

Thats the second time you issued a personal insult directly to me.First was moron now comes idiot. Why?
Have I done so to you?
Do continue as it reveals so much about you.-Tyr

Just your continued attacks on Islam even when it is unwarranted. When something bad happens you say that it must be Muslims even though the vast majority of crimes in this world are committed by non Muslims.

[aboutime]

Just your continued attacks on Islam even when it is unwarranted. When something bad happens you say that it must be Muslims even though the vast majority of crimes in this world are committed by non Muslims.

Okay jafar. So how bout you tell us...HONESTLY. How many terrorist attacks, beheadings, women stoned, shot in the back of the head on VIDEO's have taken place by NON-MUSLIMS?

Your endless defense of those who DISTORT and IGNORE the Koran, or Quran is nothing short of Mindless. Not to mention DISHONEST as well.

Are you sure your real name isn't Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid?

[red state]

Okay jafar. So how bout you tell us...HONESTLY. How many terrorist attacks, beheadings, women stoned, shot in the back of the head on VIDEO's have taken place by NON-MUSLIMS?

Your endless defense of those who DISTORT and IGNORE the Koran, or Quran is nothing short of Mindless. Not to mention DISHONEST as well.

Are you sure your real name isn't Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid?


Tyr, I wouldn't let it bother me. In fact, I would take jaFART's comments as a compliment because one is known best for who he is by the enemies that he keeps. It isn't necessarily your friends that I wish other to judge me by but my enemies for your enemies truly explain what you are against....not what you tolerate. I tolerate many friends but I do not tolerate ignorance, rudness or evil and I can think of NOTHING more evil than isSLUM, Fascists and commie bastages. They are all in the same boat and like that boat that our Navy Boys in Blue shot up...I'd give good money to shoot up a few boats myself and watch 'em sink. May even pour a little swine blood in there to get the sharks interested. If the shark don't mind what he's eatin'...neither do I. Funny how OBL sank with the rest of the ship's "digested" ham sandwiches when we "commissioned" his bullet ridden body. Yeah, I have a major distaste for the cult that muSLUMs follow but I have an even greater distaste for those who refuse TRUTH or purposely prefer the dark.

[logroller]

Okay jafar. So how bout you tell us...HONESTLY. How many terrorist attacks, beheadings, women stoned, shot in the back of the head on VIDEO's have taken place by NON-MUSLIMS?

Your endless defense of those who DISTORT and IGNORE the Koran, or Quran is nothing short of Mindless. Not to mention DISHONEST as well.

Are you sure your real name isn't Nancy Pelosi, or Harry Reid?

Why does it matter if it's on video?
Was the ethnic religious cleansing in Bosnia and Kosovo less appalling because it wasn't broadcast for the world to see?

[Kathianne]

The news said the sandwiches were made in Amsterdam; at least it wasn't Americans doing such a thing.

Where the sandwiches were made, may or may not be the site of where needles were inserted.

[revelarts]

Poking fun in general here
Sarcasm alert
Those sinking Muslims done did the LIBOR Rip off too!!!

Those democrats At JP Morgan Goldman Sacks Etc Ruining the economy and stealing the world blind for socialism!!

The Iranians are laundering Drug money through the banks and Helping Make sure record levels of Cocaine comes from Afghanistan!!!

Financial terrorism? well.. Allright... ok I guess... that's a shame... OK.. but a pin in a sandwich!?!!!!!!!! Where's the NEWS MEDIA WITH THE DETAILS HERE!!??! WHERE"S THE FBI CIA NSA NAVY SEALS.....
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Sarcasm off

[red state]

I just wonder if there's any foul play here regarding a possible settlement. I mean, for a $9 sandwich, I certainly better not bite down on a needle. Who is to say that the folks or person who had the discomfort of biting down on a needle, didn't do it on purpose or knows of someone at whatever sandwich shop in Amsterdam. It is possible and unless the needles were tainted with some fatal virus, there was really no risk and MUCH to gain. I suspect that there will be others that will copy this incident (whether it was conspired or not) to get money or, at least, air tickets.

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Just your continued attacks on Islam even when it is unwarranted. When something bad happens you say that it must be Muslims even though the vast majority of crimes in this world are committed by non Muslims.

A big difference in my saying most likely was muslims and your changing it to my saying -must be muslims!
Words have meanings my friend and you change the meaning with willful and deliberate intentions to alter my intent. I said most likely muslim because its an act of terror most likely and the most likely culprits of terror in the world today are muslims.
Now you deliberately change my words , call me a moron and idiot. Whats next when I have made zero personal attack on you??
Keep revealing more of your true character Jafar. Its very enlightening to say the least.
Frankly , I'm finding it quite amusing as well....
You make the same mistake that they all seem to make, that is they underestimate me and vastly underestimate the power of the TRUTH!
I being but a humble messenger find great delight in the same mistake being made over and over again.:laugh:
Islam hates the truth and therefore always seeks to destroy its messenger . --Tyr

[red state]

jafart, jafart, jafart...I'm hard on you because you need some toughness to wake you up. I know you're a muSLUM but that's no big deal. You'll get over it one day (if you're lucky). I wasn't always the person I am today but thank God, I saw the light and truth immediately followed. I don't know your age but truth will come to you one day...if you're not too blinded by the usual talking points to see the truth. If you're younger, you may still have a chance to break free of things that usually keep older folk stubborn and set in their ways. If you're older, I fear that you'll never come around cuz you either got common sense or you don't and regardless of what upbringing you had or how many times someone said ISRAEL, bad...Muhammad, gooooooooooooodd, your common sense will either kick in or you'll remain hopelessly ignorant of reality and will go through life with a cane and tin cup.

[revelarts]

Could become a trend...
once a year...
against the children..


...An incident that broke with this expected pattern occurred in Minneapolis in 2000, when 49-year-old James Joseph Smith was charged with one count of adulterating a substance with intent to cause death, harm or illness after it was determined he'd put needles in Snickers bars and handed them out to children on Halloween. A 14-year-old boy was pricked by a needle hidden in a bar he'd bitten into, but no one required medical attention....
/The New York Times/ reported thirteen cases from isolated communities in New Jersey and noted "several" others in Ottawa and Toronto. Outrage was so strong in New Jersey that the state legislature passed a law shortly before Halloween 1968 mandating prison terms for those caught boobytrapping apples. This did not forestall the discovery of thirteen more apples with razor blades that year in five New Jersey counties. In many cases, /The New York Times/ story noted that "children were cut," but the more detailed accounts include suspicious details. In one case a boy came to his parents with an apple containing a razor blade. He had bit into an apple, he said, but not quite deeply enough to contact the blade. In another, the child said he found the blade while cutting out a rotten spot; in a third case, the razor was found when a child turned an apple over to his father for peeling. In all these detailed cases, the child was not injured, and because he was the immediate source of the apple, it seems possible that he was also the source of the blade. As Best and Horiuchi (authors of the /Razor Blade/) note, more than 75 percent of reported cases involved no injury, and detailed followups in 1972 and 1982 concluded that virtually all the reports were hoaxes concocted by the children or parents. ...
http://www.snopes.com/horrors/mayhem/needles.asp


It's serious but lets put it prescriptive folks