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In-depth: Air marshal mishap led to concerns of possible hijacking at MSP control tower
KSTP.com ^ | 12/3/18 | Tim Vetscher

Posted on 12/03/2018 5:56:31 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo

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I don't think that 'mishap' is the proper word for this situation.

Incompetent airline and boneheaded air marshal.

No wonder folks don't like to fly anymore.

1 posted on 12/03/2018 5:56:31 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

thank goodness there were TWO on the flight.


2 posted on 12/03/2018 6:02:27 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Those air Marshalls will be working in the file room for some time.


3 posted on 12/03/2018 6:02:52 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
"When the flight attendant asked for his credentials, she says he said "how about this for credentials," and then lifted up his shirt to reveal a handgun."


4 posted on 12/03/2018 6:19:59 PM PST by Enterprise
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To: Enterprise

Yeah, that’s how I read it.


5 posted on 12/03/2018 6:25:16 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Pretty stupid way to show his credentials, in my opinion. But the problem stems from the flight crew not being notified of their presence before takeoff. So glad I don’t have to fly anymore.


6 posted on 12/03/2018 6:27:05 PM PST by Robert DeLong
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Either the Air Marshals Service failed to notify the airlines or the airlines failed to relay the information to the crew.

Either way, Dirty Harry was no help.


7 posted on 12/03/2018 6:29:29 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
No wonder folks don't like to fly anymore.

Not since May, 1996 and counting. Beautiful country we have. Drive instead of fly if you can.

8 posted on 12/03/2018 6:38:28 PM PST by upchuck (When hatred of culture becomes itself a part of culture, the life of the mind loses all meaning.)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Dumbass with a gun on a power trip.


9 posted on 12/03/2018 6:45:19 PM PST by 2banana (Were you)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

...”how about this for credentials,” and then lifted up his shirt to reveal a handgun.

When the article said “two marshals boarded” - I was waiting for the story to develop along the lines that they didn’t know the other was on board, one of them sees or can tell the other guy has a gun, then draws on him!


10 posted on 12/03/2018 6:48:15 PM PST by 21twelve (!)
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This had the potential to go sideways in a hurry.


11 posted on 12/03/2018 6:50:13 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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What’s the point in looking at the flight manifest out of Minneapolis, the passengers names are all some form of Mohamed. No need to bother the flight crew - dumb move by the marshals.


12 posted on 12/03/2018 7:14:30 PM PST by BobL (I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
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To: DariusBane

They lost a great chance for promotion when they didn’t shoot the attendants... Oh wait! That’s the FBI instruction manual...


13 posted on 12/03/2018 7:16:15 PM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

Idiot thought the rules didn’t apply to him.


14 posted on 12/03/2018 7:19:03 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Twitter is Trump's laser pointer and the DemocRats are all cats.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

Another local idiot over here...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3710409/posts


15 posted on 12/03/2018 7:27:41 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: SuperLuminal

Lol


16 posted on 12/03/2018 7:51:29 PM PST by DariusBane (Liberty and Risk. Flip sides of the same coin. So how much risk will YOU accept? Vive Deo et Vives)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Either way, Dirty Harry was no help.

"SIT DOWN!"

17 posted on 12/03/2018 7:59:47 PM PST by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: Steely Tom

Nice...


18 posted on 12/03/2018 8:03:28 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo (MAGA!!!)
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

bookmark


19 posted on 12/04/2018 1:41:56 AM PST by GOP Poet
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