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Thursday, August 7, 2008

18-YEAR OLD HIJACKS AIRPLANE FROM SEAT

A 747 traveling non-stop to New York City, New York, via Seattle, Washington was hijacked by an 18-year old man at 9:00 PM on Wednesday. The man, who happened to be an expert in computing and technology, was able to hook up his laptop into his seat's headphone system. From there, he was able to control the motion, speed, and temperature of the airplane, as well as use the plane's movie screens to play a powerpoint presentation to the passengers, describing, in detail, their current hijacking situation.
The plane was turned around, and continued South, destined for Cuba, where, the powerpoint claimed, a troupe of Communists were awaiting it's arrival.
Somewhere in Texas, the plane came to a crash landing, after it had apparently collided with a second 747 destined for Georgia.
The crashed planes were found on Thursday, the hijacked one sunken into a muddy wetland, the on-schedule flight found charred up in a wheat field, after crashing through the house of a local farmer.
The passengers of the hijacked plane were found to be completely unharmed, besides a teenager found in the bathroom, choking on a large joint, and an elderly man, who had had a sudden heart-attack due to the change of pressure during lift-off. The 18-year old hijacker was found, still fastened in his seat, attempting to download videos from the internet. 
When found, the passengers complained to the authorities about the lack of respect shown by the hijacker, the terrible stress they were put under during their situation, and the horrendous page transitions used in the powerpoint. 
The 18-year old hijacker, whose name and identification are yet to be found, will be tried in court on Tuesday for Communist involvement and DVD piracy.

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