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Mauritanian Hijacker Gets in Hot Water
Guardian ^ | February 16, 2007 | JUAN MANUEL PARDELLAS

Posted on 02/16/2007 11:05:01 AM PST by Kaslin

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - A fast-thinking pilot with passengers in cahoots fooled a hijacker by braking hard upon landing, then accelerating to knock the man down. When he fell, flight attendants threw boiling water in his face, and about 10 people pounced on him, Spanish officials said Friday.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: groin; hotwater; mauritania; pilot
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1 posted on 02/16/2007 11:05:04 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Ouch! That has to leave a mark.


2 posted on 02/16/2007 11:06:12 AM PST by AU72
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To: Kaslin

Don't ya just love it when a plan comes together?


3 posted on 02/16/2007 11:06:44 AM PST by gov_bean_ counter ( I am sitting under my cone of silence, inside a copper wire cage wearing a tin foil hat...)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Looks like the 'Golden Age' for hijackers is over.


4 posted on 02/16/2007 11:07:57 AM PST by AU72
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To: Kaslin

OMG! I hope the highjacker wasn't OFFENDED!


5 posted on 02/16/2007 11:09:24 AM PST by texas_mrs
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To: Kaslin

Apparently the hijacker slept through the physics class when they discussed inertia.


6 posted on 02/16/2007 11:09:36 AM PST by mainepatsfan
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To: Kaslin

"Air Mauritania identified the heroic pilot as Ahmedou Mohamed Lemine, a 20-year-veteran of the company. "


Great..
The hijacker is a non-muzzie in this one seeking asylum in France, and the pilot has a Muzzie name.
The world has gone mad, and I'm merely an audience member.


7 posted on 02/16/2007 11:12:10 AM PST by Darksheare (She had the face of a trucker. She used it as a purse.)
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To: texas_mrs

Sounds like they violated his human rights. Geneva! For crying out loud, can we get a muslim-appropriate meal here, people?


8 posted on 02/16/2007 11:12:28 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Kaslin

Jack Bauer says he will knight the captain for a job well done.

9 posted on 02/16/2007 11:14:07 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: theDentist

um ... just WHAT is the carved figure behind Jack's head DOING???

Not safe for work?????


10 posted on 02/16/2007 11:15:41 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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To: Kaslin
Ever since 9/11 every passenger gets issued a license to kill when they board the plane.

It's about the only time when you can beat someone to death with your bare hands and not even be detained long enough to miss your connecting flight.

11 posted on 02/16/2007 11:15:59 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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To: Blueflag; Admin Moderator

I didn't even notice it until your posting. Moderator, your call, posting #9 may not be appropriate


12 posted on 02/16/2007 11:17:37 AM PST by theDentist (Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
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To: Kaslin
"Along the way, speaking to the hijacker, the pilot realized the man did not speak French. So he used the plane's public address system to warn the passengers in French of the ploy he was going to try: brake hard upon landing, then speed up abruptly. The idea was to catch the hijacker off balance, and have crew members and men sitting in the front rows of the plane jump him, the Spanish official said. The pilot also warned women and children to move to the back of the plane in preparation for the subterfuge, the official said."

I find this amusing!
13 posted on 02/16/2007 11:20:31 AM PST by jaydubya2
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To: Blueflag
um ... just WHAT is the carved figure behind Jack's head DOING???

If you could you would too.
14 posted on 02/16/2007 11:20:58 AM PST by BJClinton (articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy)
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To: mainepatsfan

"Apparently the hijacker slept through the physics class when they discussed inertia."

It appears he also slept through French Class.


15 posted on 02/16/2007 11:21:38 AM PST by tfecw (It's for the children)
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To: Kaslin
QUICK QUICK!

CALL THE ACLU!

Sue the pilot, flight attendants and passengers for hurting this poor man and causing him mental distress!

Sue the airline for not landing at its destination, burning more fuel and thus creating a larger carbon foot print causing global warming!

Sue George Bush for creating a paranoid culture of fear of airline hijackers after 9/11!

/s

They should have tossed his broken, burned body on the tarmac and let him bake in the sun.
16 posted on 02/16/2007 11:23:36 AM PST by WakeUpAndVote (Got towel?)
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To: jaydubya2

LOL Yes.
I would have loved to have heard this announcement, in those honeyed "right stuff" tones that captains use..


17 posted on 02/16/2007 11:26:51 AM PST by Syberyenta
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To: Blueflag

Lighten up it is a candle stick holder you guys.

But oh your dirty little minds LOL


18 posted on 02/16/2007 11:28:43 AM PST by stockpirate (Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani)
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To: Kaslin
But the man's motives were not terrorism; he wanted the plane to fly to France so he could request political asylum, said Mohamed Ould Mohamed Cheikh, Mauritania's top police official.

Suuuurrre. Hijacking a plane and threatening its passengers with death isn't "terrorism"? Nice nuances Muratania's top police official (named Mohamed) has.

19 posted on 02/16/2007 11:36:49 AM PST by hsalaw
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To: BJClinton

"That dog gon' bite you . . . "


20 posted on 02/16/2007 11:46:48 AM PST by AnAmericanMother ((Ministrix of Ye Chase, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment)))
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