Pilots stabbed in attack on New Zealand plane

Reuters ^ | Feb 7, 2008 | Adrian Bathgate

[MinuteGal]

"I think you are wrong on this. Most of us can get any place we want almost at any time we want. Sorry for you if you can't."

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Leni

[gridlock]

After my time. I was there before the wheels came off. When I got there, every idiot kid was running around with a WWII vintage rifle. You would see bolts missing and bent barrels. Clearly there were no working firearms in the entire city. They were annoying, but harmless.

Then the Saudis (wonderful folks, the Saudis) stopped shipping in food and started shipping in weapons. Within six months, every idiot kid in town had a nice shiny new AK-47 with ammo to spare. It was time to leave.

Crummy memories, indeed.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

They’ve taken over the airport in Minneapolis.

[monday]

“This is the first Somali I have ever seen with a fat belly like this.”

Fast food can make anyone fat, even if they are on welfare.

[Yo-Yo]

They’ve taken over the airport in Minneapolis.

I thought Senator Craig did that already.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

If want to buy a newspaper, magazine or stick of gum, you’ll have to buy it from one of these people.

[Netizen]

The woman has not been named by police but members of the Somali communities told NZPA she had lived in Blenheim, Christchurch, Nelson and Wellington.

Gee, why not? She's not a minor, so why not give her name?

[SkyPilot]

Crummy memories, indeed.

Indeed buddy. Take care.

[shaggy eel]

,,, Blenheim to Christchurch is a pretty short flight.

[shaggy eel]

There is zero security at Wellington, NZ. We boarded by walking onto the tarmac and waiting for the plane.

,,, how long ago was that?

[Bald Eagle777]

We need to always be on the red alert for any threats to any plane [IE, read: innocent people], anywhere. Good post. Keep the level of vigilance and intelligence at the forefront, at all times. Keep watching. Remain on alert, 24/7, 365. Threats are increasing, not subsiding. Citizens are key to homeland defense. Now, more that ever. Watch out for AQ’s A.S. On the loose.

[cajon]

We were visiting New Zealand from Canada in February 2007. We noticed how lax security was for domestic flights. When we were leaving Auckland for Hawaii, we went through the first level of lax security - passengers walking through with coffee cups, shoes on, cursory glance at carry-on bags, metal detector set low. There was a secondary level of security for planes flying to Hawaii - dump the liquids, shoes off, wanding every passenger even after going through the metal detector. They definitely need to increase the level of security for domestic flights.