Whither, mother wit?

Hear ye all! A female starts feeling claustrophobic at the end of a
long trans-Atlantic flight, starts to behave irritably and the next
thing we hear the 777 landing at Boston accompanied by fighter
aircraft. She apparently had with her a bottle of vaseline, matches and
a screwdriver, which can create a highly explosive device. Ok I made up
the final bit but don't be surprised if the line is parrotted by
authorities.

Commonsense has suddenly become very unattractive for law enforcement
agencies as flying has for common passengers, with terror threats
matched only by even more extreme knee-jerk reactions from authorities.

My wife and sons are due to fly out in just over a week from India on a
3-hour flight and I'm sure they won't even let her carry along a bottle
of milk or water for my 3-year old. Grrrrrrrrrrrrr

Ramapriya