KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- An America West Airbus jet made an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport after someone left a note in the plane's bathroom that said: "Taliban is Here."
The plane was flying from Phoenix to Boston Thursday when a passenger saw the note, KCI spokesman Joe McBride said.
The passenger notified the flight crew and the pilot landed the plane at KCI about 1:30 p.m., authorities said.
FYI, The following article regarding a flight from Teterboro Airport...same airport that JFK, Jr. used...same airport where commuter flight crashed on take-off this past February.
N.Y. Philanthropist's Plane Goes Missing (NY - 12/1/05)
BOSTON (AP) -- A plane piloted by a well-known New York philanthropist went missing off the coast of Nantucket on Thursday afternoon, his wife and federal authorities said. George F. Baker III, 66, was believed to be the only person on board.
The twin-engine Beechcraft took off from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey and was about 2 1/2 miles from Nantucket Memorial Airport when it disappeared from radar.
Jim Peters, a spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, said the pilot spoke to air traffic controllers shortly before the plane disappeared. The plane did not issue a distress signal. The Coast Guard was searching for the plane.
Three Hurt in Texas Naval Station Gunfire (TX - 12/2/05)
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- Gunfire at the Naval Air Station in Fort Worth has left at least three people hurt.
Details are sketchy about the shootings.
Base spokesman Don Ray confirms at least three people have been injured. No other details were immediately available.
Thank you all4one.
Interesting set of links.
Thanks for the ping on the Kansas City story. I didn't read or hear a word about this until I saw your post.
Adding to the Philanthropist plane crash topic:
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The Coast Guard continued to search the waters off the south shore Friday for the pilot of a plane that dropped off Nantucket Memorial Airport radar just before 5 p.m. Thursday.
The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron inbound from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey with only New York philanthropist George F. Baker III aboard, disappeared off radar at 4:54 p.m. when it was about two and a half miles off the south shore. Officer Keith Mansfield of the Nantucket Police Department reported seeing three separate flashes of red lights approximately one mile offshore between Miacomet and Hummock ponds at 5:20 p.m., prompting the search to expand from the area just offshore from the airport runway closer to where the lights were spotted.
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http://www.ack.net/planecrash120105.html
>>>>3 flashes of red lights 20+ minutes AFTER the plane disappears off of radar. One of those "something niggling" reports...
Thanks for the plane info.
Interesting, and scary.
Not surprising, we haven't had planes falling out of the sky for a period of time, I had hoped that ICE had caught the mechanics who are responsible.