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Posted on 06/01/2006 9:18:38 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
(AP) CHICAGO A U.S. air marshal removed himself from a Southwest Airlines flight Thursday after dropping a clip of bullets on the floor just before the plane was to leave Midway International Airport, an airline spokeswoman said.
The marshal arrived at Midway on a flight from Philadelphia and he was boarding the Southwest flight bound for Kansas City when the clip fell to the floor, scattering bullets, Southwest spokeswoman Whitney Eichinger told the Chicago Tribune for a story on its Web site.
"Since he was no longer traveling incognito, he decided not to continue on the flight to Kansas City," Eichinger said, adding that no extra screening of passengers was necessary because officials determined the bullets belonged to the air marshal. "He picked the bullets up immediately."
The flight to Kansas City was delayed 45 minutes because of the incident, she said.
The Federal Air Marshal Service declined to confirm the specific circumstances of the mishap. But agency spokesman Dave Adams said an ammunition clip was located and turned over to the Transportation Security Administration.
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Yeah, like air marshalls travel incognito. They stand out like muslims at a Baptist convention.
For some reason, this came to mind:
ELMER: Hey, you!! Come back here!!! *click!* Well, whaddaya know ... no more buwwets!
BUGS: No more buwwets? Hey, laughing boy, no more buwwets!
DAFFY: No more buwwets?
DAFFY: Here!! Lemme see that thing!!
DAFFY: Hmmmmmm . . .*BANG!*
ELMER: Well, what do ya know . . . one buwwet weft!!
BUGS: One buwwet weft? Hey, laughing boy, there was . . .
DAFFY: I know! I know!!!
He probably did it on purpose, just so he could be on a better airline with first class seats.
That's what I was wondering. Maybe he did it on purpose because he didn't want to go.
How many of you have ever dropped a clip of bullets when you were carrying concealed?
His 'bullets' fell out of his 'clip' when it hit the floor...Oh-Tay!
"The Federal Air Marshal Service declined to confirm the specific circumstances of the mishap. But agency spokesman Dave Adams said an ammunition clip was located and turned over to the Transportation Security Administration."
I thought he picked them up immediately as stated in the previous paragraph? Confusing article.
I sat next to one of these idiots on a flight, boarding the plane with the crew and glaring at every pax who boarded the flight and apprently making note of where they were sitting.
I sat next to one of these idiots on a flight, boarding the plane with the crew and glaring at every pax who boarded the flight and apprently making note of where they were sitting. Great job secret agent man.
My nephew, the Houston cop, shot himself while cleaning his gun ! His chief told him "No problem, it could happen to anybody". He's still a Houston cop.
LMAO
"My nephew, the Houston cop, shot himself while cleaning his gun ! His chief told him "No problem, it could happen to anybody". He's still a Houston cop."
That is just sad...
Houston, where the requirements to be a cop are only *slightly* more demanding than New Orleans...
If I were the Grand High Pooh Bah in charge of everything, I'd train different agents to have different levels of 'stealth'. Even if the badguys could detect some agents, that wouldn't mean they could detect them all.
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