Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt

[Chris_]

Man threatened with arrest at Heathrow for wearing Transformers T-shirt

An airline passenger claimed that a security guard threatened to arrest him because he was wearing a T-shirt showing a cartoon robot with a gun.

Brad Jayakody, 30, from London, said he was stopped from passing through security at Heathrow's Terminal 5 after his Transformers T-shirt was deemed 'offensive.'

The IT consultant was set to fly off on a business trip to Dusseldorf in Germany when he was pulled to one side.

LINKY DINK W/ PIC GOODNESS

Libs are offensive.  They should never be allowed on a plane.   

[mamacags]

A spokesman for Heathrow operator BAA said: 'If a T-shirt had a rude word or a bomb on it, for example, a passenger may be asked to remove it.

'We are investigating what happened to see if it came under this category.


'If it's offensive, we don't want other passengers upset.'


He said there was no record of the incident and the passenger 'certainly didn't make a formal complaint at the time.'

[jtyangel]

 

[Rebel]

Zaf is not going to be happy. 

[jendf]

He said there was no record of the incident and the passenger 'certainly didn't make a formal complaint at the time.'

I'm guessing the formal complaint will come in the form of a lawsuit.

[jinxmchue]

I think this guard was absolutely right to confront the passenger.  Those Transformers shirts are more than meets the eye.

 :innocent:

[Chris_]

I think this guard was absolutely right to confront the passenger.  Those Transformers shirts are more than meets the eye.

 :innocent:

"Pardon me while I whip this out!"