Breaking: Possible SAM Attack Against US Plane (right now this is completely unverified)

LGF ^ | 09/17/05 | staff

[Perdogg]

saturday, september 17, 2005

I’ve just received a credible tip from an LGF reader that an America West flight out of New York was fired upon by a surface to air missile yesterday, and that the pilot and passengers witnessed it and are now being questioned by the FAA and FBI.

That’s the extent of the information I currently have, and please note: right now this is completely unverified.

[penelopesire]

my thoughts too. This would be out already on some blog somewhere. Google turns up nothing over the last few days anywhere on the internet. But..stranger things have happened.

[Moonman62]

Probably a lucky shot with a bottle rocket.

[oceanview]

the airport would have been shut down instantly, for a significant period of time. did this happen? I don't think so, I saw no news reports of extensive delays at JFK.

[nuconvert]

pong

[HitmanLV]

I usually fly AW into and out of Newark. Hard to imagine that the airline that actually tries to charge you $5 for a crappy sanwitch that they used to give for 'free' to passengers has pilots and hardware that could outmaneuver a SAM.

[RDTF]

I'm with ya this is fishy. Think there is possibly something in the patriot act that enables homeland security to put a gag order on the media?

[oceanview]

the word would get out, closing all flight traffic into JFK airport for hours - it could not be covered up.

[Rudder]

JFK? No other airports in NYC area?

[oceanview]

there is LaGuardia also - but I know AW flies alot from JFK, so I assumed this was the airport in question.

[bnelson44]

ping

[Stellar Dendrite]

WTF are you talking about. There is NO TERRORIST THREAT! Islam is a religion of peace!


/s

[HitmanLV]

AW flies a lot out of Newark, also. While a NJ airport, it pretty much serves nyc also.

[JulieRNR21]

LGF is one of the best Blogs by the Pajamahadeen.

BTW do you know ' what in the ever loving heck is a ' Pajamahdeen???..............LOL

[CJ Wolf]

I heard about half an hour ago a bunch of what sounded like fireworks going off, they were very loud, est. bout a couple miles away. I live near Dulles. Likely to be just some kids. right?

[Rushmore Rocks]

Thanks for the ping. 'LGF' is usually quite reliable.

[RDTF]

Hey, all I know is today I scored another one for the team when I wouldn't let a Jerk in a Jetta merge in front of me because he had a John Kerry bumper sticker. :)

[Rudder]

Yeah, I used to fly out of La Guardia when I lived on LI.

[Stellar Dendrite]

"Hey, all I know is today I scored another one for the team when I wouldn't let a Jerk in a Jetta merge in front of me because he had a John Kerry bumper sticker."

Those losers wont take their stickers down, I pass them all the time.

[GOPJ]

What is this story about? Is it real?

[July 4th]

Think there is possibly something in the patriot act that enables homeland security to put a gag order on the media?

No, but it is no secret that if a piece of information is controllable - i.e. not many people or members of the media know about it - the feds are able to manage the release. Occasionally, members of the Washington press are asked to hold stories for a day or two, and the reward is that they'll be given the scoop on another story at some later date.