Airline bombing attempt foiled
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ptown_trojans_1Just breaking:
A passenger attempted to light an explosive device aboard an airliner flying from Washington to Denver but was subdued by a federal air marshal, sources close to the House Homeland Security Committee told NBC News.
A government source told NBC the aircraft was a Boeing 757.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36243847/ns/us_news-airliner_security/ -
ou1980Amazing.....would love to hear the details on this dirt bag!
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ou1980Watch...
Whatever this guy tried to use, you will forfeit for future flights! -
ptown_trojans_1Apparently, it was his shoes he tried to ignite, ala Richard Reid.
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LJFuck, now we are going to have to wear those plastic hair net booties and pack our shoes away when we fly.
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september63Why wont someone light their (crocks) on fire? I could live without seeing anyone wearing them again.
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ptown_trojans_1This will be interesting, from the link:Sources told NBC News that the passenger who was subdued was a Qatari diplomat who would have full diplomatic immunity.
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spartanhttp://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL663/history/20100407/2134Z/KDCA/KDEN
the flight path of flight 663.
smoking on a plane? -
LJ
So would he have to be tried under a military tribunal?ptown_trojans_1 wrote: This will be interesting, from the link:Sources told NBC News that the passenger who was subdued was a Qatari diplomat who would have full diplomatic immunity. -
ptown_trojans_1
I honestly have no idea.LJ wrote:
So would he have to be tried under a military tribunal?ptown_trojans_1 wrote: This will be interesting, from the link:Sources told NBC News that the passenger who was subdued was a Qatari diplomat who would have full diplomatic immunity. -
ptown_trojans_1Guy was in bathroom, no explosives. Marshal smelled smoke. Sounds like the guy either tried to or mistakenly caught his shoes on fire. No motive know yet.
Man, I'd hate to be at Dulles right now. -
The Equalizerhow the hell do you accidentally set your shoes on fire in an airplane bathroom?
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LJ
lol foreignersThe Equalizer wrote: how the hell do you accidentally set your shoes on fire in an airplane bathroom? -
spartan
its in denver.ptown_trojans_1 wrote: Guy was in bathroom, no explosives. Marshal smelled smoke. Sounds like the guy either tried to or mistakenly caught his shoes on fire. No motive know yet.
Man, I'd hate to be at Dulles right now. -
ptown_trojans_1
Ah, thanks.spartan wrote:
its in denver.ptown_trojans_1 wrote: Guy was in bathroom, no explosives. Marshal smelled smoke. Sounds like the guy either tried to or mistakenly caught his shoes on fire. No motive know yet.
Man, I'd hate to be at Dulles right now. -
Glory Dayslooks like he was just trying to smoke a cig in the boy's room.
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THE4RINGZWhat causes one to light their footware on fire in the washroom? Seriously is he that fucking stupid that he thought he could do that, go back to his seat, and get off the plane like nothing happened?
King, Prince, Diplomat, whatever, what a fucking dumbass. -
gibby08
FOR???ccrunner609 wrote: Thank you GWB -
LJgibby08 wrote:
FOR???ccrunner609 wrote: Thank you GWB
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Air_Marshal_ServicePrior to September 11, 2001, the Federal Air Marshal Service consisted of varying numbers of FAMs depending upon the perceived threat and funding availability. Only 33 FAMs were active on 09/11/01.[6] As a result of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush ordered the rapid expansion of the Federal Air Marshal Service. Many new hires were agents from other federal agencies, such as the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Office of the Inspector General (OIG), Drug Enforcement Administration, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, ATF, IRS CID, and many others.[7] A classified number of applicants were hired, trained, and deployed on flights around the world. As of August, 2006, this number is estimated to be in the thousands.[8] Currently, these FAMs serve as the primary law enforcement entity within the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). -
gibby08You act like this wouldn't have been stopped before 9/11
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LJ
You mean the 1 in 909 chance?gibby08 wrote: You act like this wouldn't have been stopped before 9/11
There were only 33 Air Marshall's before 9/11 and there are around 30,000 commercial flights in the U.S. per day.
Simple math says you are wrong. -
ptown_trojans_1
Probably, but the probability of an Air Marshal being on the flight would have been greatly lower.gibby08 wrote: You act like this wouldn't have been stopped before 9/11
Can't deny that. -
Cleveland BuckBarack would have gone up there and handled it himself if there wasn't an Air Marshal available. No worries.
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gibby08I'm not saying what Bush did wasn't good...but you can't say either that this wouldn't have been stopped not for that
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LJ
Well, before Bush added marshals, there were only 33, so at best the chances of an Air Marshal being there was 1 in 909gibby08 wrote: I'm not saying what Bush did wasn't good...but you can't say either that this wouldn't have been stopped not for that
It's rumored there are over 1500 air marshals in service today, so let's go conservative with 1,000, that takes your chances to 1 in 30.
That's a huge difference.