Nah, Napolitano declared airplane inspections are a lesser priority than acquiring these neato body scanners...
"I personally inspected this lady's full body scan!"
Posted on 12/11/2010 7:13:58 AM PST by outpostinmass2
A month after the mangled body of a North Carolina teenager was found in a quiet Milton neighborhood, Norfolk District Attorney William R. Keating said yesterday that evidence indicates he stowed away in the wheel well of a plane and fell from the sky as the landing gear came down on the approach to Logan International Airport.
A shirt stained with what appeared to be grease used in airplanes and believed to be Delvonte Tisdale’s was recovered yesterday, along with sneakers, scattered along the flight path, Keating said. The items were found about a half-mile from where the 16-year-old’s body was discovered on Brierbrook Street on the night of Nov. 15, authorities said.
Fingerprints and a handprint were also discovered in the left wheel well of a Boeing 737 commercial airliner that left Charlotte Douglas International Airport at 7 p.m. Nov. 15 and landed at Logan about two hours later, Keating said. Investigators are still awaiting test results to confirm that the prints are Tisdale’s, but Keating said it appears likely that they are.
The conclusion that the teenager’s death was not believed to be a homicide, as initially thought, quickly shifted the focus of the investigation to the Charlotte airport and the Transportation Security Administration.
“It appears more likely than not that Mr. Tisdale was able to breach airport security and hide in the wheel well of a commercial jet airliner without being detected by airport security,’’ Keating said during a press conference, calling it a major breach of airport security.
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Where was Steely’s “RACIST” remark?
I thought the way he was making fun of the kid’s name was a bit racist. Maybe that’s just me, but the kid couldn’t help what his mother named him.......
I didn’t call him a racist, and since he has apologized I see no reason to bring it up again.
You are implying that that would make a difference.
At those altitudes, it wouldn't.
Regards,
Nah, Napolitano declared airplane inspections are a lesser priority than acquiring these neato body scanners...
Disagree ... aircraft sits on hot tarmac prior to take off.
Tires are hot metal in aircraft wheel well also hot. This would keep temperatures high enough in flight for an individual to survive.
Apology accepted, of course. For my part, I should have had more grace in responding to you. It was unchristlike and unhumble.
Perfect for their new motto!
I had (incorrectly) inferred that you meant that stratospheric conditions were balmier in the summer.
You have a valid point with your reference to heat retained in the aircraft parts. They presumably could boost a miniscule chance of survival to "marginal," at least for short flights.
Regards,
Pah-Ding
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