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"She wasn't in water over her head"

"Kaht"

"Providing Moslem fanatics from her own country don't blow her away,"

replied the pilot in a decided American accent

The Britisher gave hie look indeed but made no further comment as he compared the photo on the ID card with the face before him and read the name aloud "Captain Dale Lemk"

"any problem?"

"No, siuard replied flatly

Lemk extended his arms "Do you want to frisk me too?"

"Not necessary A pilot would hardly hijack his own airplane But we enuine crew member"

"I' this uniform for a costume party"

"May we see your carry bag?"

"Beon the floor and opened it The second agent lifted out and riffled the pages of the standard pilot's aircraft and flight operations manuals and then held up a mechanical device with a small hydraulic cylinder

"Mind telling us what this is?"

"An actuator ar door It stuck in the open position, and our maintenance people at Kennedy asked me to hand-carry it home for inspection"

The agent poked at a bulky object tightly packed on the botto "Hello, what do we have here?" Then he looked up, a curious expression in his eyes "Since when do airline pilots carry parachutes?"