Shots fired on AA flight in Miami????

[atrdriver]

And FN FAL, this is a little different from Ruby Ridge or Waco. They weren't hurting anyone. This guy stated that he was armed with a bomb, and he obviously had the opportunity to kill a lot of people with it.

 

[FN FAL]

And FN FAL, this is a little different from Ruby Ridge or Waco. They weren't hurting anyone. This guy stated that he was armed with a bomb, and he obviously had the opportunity to kill a lot of people with it.

No hoss, the FAMS said he had made claims to possessing a bomb.

Bombers don't run away from a juicy target like an airliner with fuel and hudreds of people on board to blow up the underpaid chick at the counter and the 50 people waiting to get on. Hell, a guy with a deer rifle in the parking garage could do more damage than that.

Do a google search on bombers in the news section...there's been quite a few bombings in recent news and all of them were going towards the red meat, not away from it.

 

[FN FAL]

I guess they were too busy playing fantasy football with the fake bomber to worry about this guy...

Questions Surround Alleged JFK Shoe Bomb Incident


Why Was A Man Able To Fly After Bomb Residue Was Found In His Shoes?
Eyewitness News' Lauren DeFranco

(New York - WABC, December 8, 2005) - There are serious security questions tonight at JFK. This after an Egyptian man was stopped last Friday because preliminary tests showed his shoes contained an explosive material.

The man was eventually allowed to fly to his college in Des Moines, Iowa.
But FBI tests showed no explosive material.

So why as he allowed to board a plane? And why was the test faulty?

Law enforcement sources are calling it a major breakdown in protocall. An Egyptian man whose sneakers tested positive for explosives, was detained by TSA security, but allowed to board another flight while his shoes were sent to a lab for further examine.

According to an internal document obtained by Eyewitness News, TSA maintained custody of the shoes and released the passenger as per the direction of the TSA operations manager.

The man, who claimed to be a student at the University of Iowa, was re-booked on another flight.

Sources say both the Port Authority Police and the FBI weren't notified until after he was left go.

Lauren DeFranco: "Do you think this guy should have been let on this plane?"
Harvey Kushner, Security Expert:"Absolutely not. He tested positive. Unless you're completely sure that isn't something because of a medication or something else. You have to air on the side of caution when you have 300 people in the cabin."

Over the weekend, sources say the Egyptian national was passing through a security checkpoint at JFK. Sources say one shoe was held together with a nylon cord and a fragile sticker holding the sole and upper together.
The shoes were swabbed, testing positive five times for TATP -- a commonly used explosive.

The FBI says the incident created an atmosphere of tension, which prompted an alert of a potential shoe bomber on the loose.

FBI officials believe the man poses no threat because his story checked out.
But security experts insist this underscores the need for better training within the TSA.

While the government says the passenger is a student at the University of Iowa, a spokesman for the university told Eyewitness News they have no record of him being enrolled there.

 

[say again]

Let me see if I am getting your point, anybody that allegedly says bomb in a plane deserves to be shot....
Have you seen Meet the Parents?
I don`t know what happened, I would be just careful in passing judgments on weather a person deserves to be shot for saying Bomb in an Airport.

That was a movie!!!! And in this day and age, yes, they deserve to be shot, NO EXPLANATION!!!!!!!!! That is something you just DON'T do, plain and simple!!!!

 

[atrdriver]

No hoss, the FAMS said he had made claims to possessing a bomb.

Bombers don't run away from a juicy target like an airliner with fuel and hudreds of people on board to blow up the underpaid chick at the counter and the 50 people waiting to get on. Hell, a guy with a deer rifle in the parking garage could do more damage than that.

Do a google search on bombers in the news section...there's been quite a few bombings in recent news and all of them were going towards the red meat, not away from it.

Yeah, you're right. The FAM's should have just sat there and done nothing when the guy made claims to having a bomb. And when he got up from his seat in the back of the plane and started running toward the front they should have just looked at each other and said "what a kook". Just let some guy stating that he had a bomb run through the plane or airport, not knowing when or if he plans to set it off.

Like I said, had he actually had a bomb, and used it, whether on the aircraft or in the terminal, you would be hammering the FAMs for not stopping him when they had the chance. It's too bad he got killed, but from the information provided so far the FAMs acted within their training and SOP's. If you don't like the program then write your congressman. I personally am glad they are there to clean up any messes the TSA might let by.