Posted on 09/10/2007 2:28:48 PM PDT by Mr. Jazzy
"Credible Security Risk" Those are the words of the pilot on Delta Flight 1824 out of OIA, after it pulled back from the gate Friday morning to take off for Atlanta. Nine Middle Eastern passengers, six males and three females, had been denied access to the plane when TSA screeners found they were carrying an array of suspicious items ranging from hydrogen peroxide, which can be used to make bombs, to wires and Vaseline bottles taped together. Perhaps most disturbing, what one TSA worker tells me were the first positive tests for SEMTEX ever reported by security at OIA. SEMTEX is considered the bomb making material of choice by Islamic terrorists. In addition, a couple of them also had improper identification. The suspicious passengers were denied access to the flight, but ultimately...(are you ready for this?)...they were allowed to go on their way after questioning by airport officials and Orlando police!
(Excerpt) Read more at 540wfla.com ...
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The fact that the hits on SEMTEX on four different machines still needs to be explained. The luggage SHOULD have been confiscated. Give them some Publix grocery bags to carry home!
they were carrying an array of suspicious items ranging from hydrogen peroxide, which can be used to make bombs, to wires and Vaseline bottles taped together. Perhaps most disturbing, what one TSA worker tells me were the first positive tests for SEMTEX ever reported by security at OIA.
The suspicious passengers were denied access to the flight, but ultimately...(are you ready for this?)...they were allowed to go on their way after questioning by airport officials and Orlando police!
Speechless...
Well, not exactly, but don't want to lose posting privileges.
Thanks for the link! A must read. My God! I can’t beleive that they were let go!
No wonder I switched to Pepsodent!
Just like with Saddam..............”OK, we’re gonna give you just ONE MORE last chance...............we mean it!!!”
Thanks for the ping RR.
Reminded me of when I used to play football and the recievers used to spray PAM on their pants to make them harder to tackle.
I hated those guys!
Thanks..
If only they’d tapped their feet in the mens room...
I’m sure they’re being very closely watched now.
The next time you'll be put on triple secret probation!
Wonder if the FBIs told them to allow them to go so they could tail them etc
I’m wondering if they were “let go” to see where they were heading in SA and what their next moves might be. Maybe that flight wound up flooded with air marshalls just to keep an eye on them to see what they were up to.
I don’t think they would let people back on the plane unless they wanted surveillance on them.
10 September 2007: Doug Hagmann, director of the Northeast Intelligence Network, will be a guest on The Chris Baker Show on KTRH News Radio 740 in Houston, Texas today at 7:00 p.m. ET, 6:00 p.m. Central time to discuss the incident aboard Delta Flight 1824
“The suspicious passengers were denied access to the flight, but ultimately...(are you ready for this?)...they were allowed to go on their way after questioning by airport officials and Orlando police!”
If it was an 80 year old WWII vet they’d have him in solitary, chained to a wall for questioning.
Doesn’t Hamas have a giant Mickey Mouse clone named Farfur that teaches kids about the evils of America and Israel? Oh that’s right, I forgot, they had Farfur wacked, lol.
Test run....
http://pc540.blogspot.com/2007/09/untold-story-of-delta-flight-1824.html
More info on the incident at Orlando International Airport see below from a source on the inside.
There were 9 middle easterners, supposedly a family. 3 females and 6 males, they were “randomly”selected by the airline for additional screening by TSA. As a “SELECTEE” we automatically run an “EXPLOSIVE TRACE DETECTION” test on your bags after xray.
2 of the bags and some contents tested positive for SEMTEX (an explosive used by terrorists.) We tested the bags 4 times using different machines and got a positive each time. We then dump the bags...we found 3 jars of Vaseline duct taped together (as 1 cylinder) they tested positive. The Vaseline had been removed and put back in the jars, as we could see the voids on xray. We found strands of wire with the ends stripped, packets of the small eyeglass screw drivers, and 2 of the males had Vaseline smeared on their arms and neck areas. 3 of the males had false or fraudulent credentials, 1 male possessed 2 pass ports (same picture different names). After 2 hrs the FBI and OPD took them away from the checkpoint to the OPD station at OIA. From that point on I don’t know what happened with them...
We removed all bags from the plane and did complete bag searches at the International gate side. We (TSA) found the 8 large bottles of Hydrogen Peroxide, not the bomb dogs.
You are 100% on the right track here. OIA is playing this thing down (probably for the bottom line) drasticly.
Hope this helps and is legible as I’m in a bit of a time crunch here.
thanks for getting the word out...OH! NOTHING IN THE LINE OF REAL EXPLOSIVES WAS FOUND, JUST TRACES.
MORE...
I have more....At about 1;00 pm Thurs. the same scenario was repeated, a middle eastern female was detained at the same checkpoint at OIA. Her bag tested positive for SEMTEX. An OPD officer on duty at the time confirmed to me, she was directly connected to the family earlier.
Also, if this was a “BENIGN” incident, why is TSA requesting all available for overtime to work Sat.and Sun. “just to walk around the airport, to show a presence”...
I know I have your support with my anonymity
Thanks for the link! I’ll give it a listen.
Looks like another Clear channel affiliate, like WFLA.
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