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Jet diverted to Manitoba
CP ^ | Friday, Oct. 26, 2001

Posted on 10/26/2001 3:13:46 PM PDT by Int

Jet diverted to Manitoba
BRANDON, Man. (CP) -- An American executive jet was sitting on an airport tarmac surrounded by police Friday after being diverted from its Washington D.C., destination, authorities said.

John Christinsen, Brandon airport manager, said he was told by Winnipeg air traffic control the flight, which originated in Japan, was "squawking wrong" -- meaning there were unusual radio transmissions.

Witnesses said 10 to 12 RCMP and Brandon city police cars, including an emergency response team, had surrounded the plane. The doors of the aircraft were open but no one was visible.

Police said there were six passengers and four crew aboard. Their nationalities were unknown.

No one initially boarded or left the plane. Police were in radio contact, however.

The jet had previously landed in Anchorage, Alaska, for refuelling.


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Another false alarm or...?
1 posted on 10/26/2001 3:13:46 PM PDT by Int
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To: Int
Wanna bet that SWAT is there already?
2 posted on 10/26/2001 3:15:03 PM PDT by umbra
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To: Int
:Another false alarm, or..."

Last chance to pick up a 2-4 of REAL beer.

3 posted on 10/26/2001 3:18:32 PM PDT by headsonpikes
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To: Int
Probably Hillary R. Clinton's private jet.

Go ahead and make fun of me - but last week I happened to be behind a very slow moving (15 mph) van with Manitoba plates down a country road 50 miles north of NYC, and couldn't help but notice the windows were completely covered with curtains and there was a hand-fashioned 3x6 wood box affixed to the back with a padlock on it. There were two of them, in fact. Maybe they were headed back to Manitoba for something.

4 posted on 10/26/2001 3:25:06 PM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
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To: umbra
What SWAT, from North Dakota?
5 posted on 10/26/2001 3:25:06 PM PDT by mxbluto
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To: Int
Hmmm....a "secure" business type jet landed in Pakistan yesterday.
Supposedly, took on a "passenger"--guards were masked.
Supposedly, was taking the "passenger" to Amman, Jordan.
Jet was registered to Premier Executive Transport.

Curious.
6 posted on 10/26/2001 3:26:38 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Maybe they had meese in those boxes!

ROFL!

7 posted on 10/26/2001 3:31:00 PM PDT by Dog
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To: Int
I'll bet that was the most excitement the Brandon mounties have had in ages... I've been there, trust me it's a booooring town.
8 posted on 10/26/2001 3:37:27 PM PDT by ecru
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To: ecru
They just added this on to the end of their breaking news article:

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Corey Allum, general manager of the Brandon Flying Club, could see the plane from his office.

"There's police pretty well everywhere," Allum said.

Allum, who has a radio in his office, could hear police communicating with the jet, asking someone on board questions.

No one asked the flying club to evacuate the airport but added he sent all of his staff home.

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9 posted on 10/26/2001 3:40:51 PM PDT by Int
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To: LurkedLongEnough
Must be the infamous 'lock box'.
10 posted on 10/26/2001 3:45:09 PM PDT by MaeWest
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To: Int
Give us a rest pleeeeease?
11 posted on 10/26/2001 3:48:04 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: Amerigomag
Someone beat you, tortured you, threatened you with intimacy with Janet Reno and Hillary Rotten Clinton to force you to click on this thread? No? Well, then, kwityergripin.
12 posted on 10/26/2001 3:51:27 PM PDT by MizSterious
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To: golitely
And another dramatic episode of the Great Anthrax Scare of Ought One goes into the history books......
13 posted on 10/26/2001 3:54:48 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: Amerigomag
Where did they say "anthrax" in this article, or did you bother to read it?
14 posted on 10/26/2001 3:56:06 PM PDT by MizSterious
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To: golitely
Point well taken!
15 posted on 10/26/2001 3:59:41 PM PDT by Amerigomag
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To: Int
Air Traffic Controllers are especially alert these days, and it may be presumed the "squawking wrong" was likely informational, not a common, trivial mistake.

I hope it's not gonna develop into a hostage or threat situation.

HF

16 posted on 10/26/2001 4:04:30 PM PDT by holden
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To: Int
It's a time-warner jet
17 posted on 10/26/2001 4:07:43 PM PDT by freedom9
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To: Int
Eight of the nine people on board were just taken away in handcuffs by police.
18 posted on 10/26/2001 4:13:51 PM PDT by freedom9
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To: freedom9
just taken away in handcuffs by police.

yikes!

19 posted on 10/26/2001 4:16:13 PM PDT by Int
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To: Int
Canadian Press: "jet was turned away from American airspace by fighter jets and diverted"
20 posted on 10/26/2001 4:18:53 PM PDT by Int
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