Posted on 04/19/2009 11:03:59 PM PDT by prisoner6
Edited on 04/19/2009 11:46:28 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
CNN) -- Passengers were reportedly taken hostage on a charter flight at a Jamaican airport.
They were boarding the CanJet flight from Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay to Halifax, Canada, late Sunday when the security breach occurred, said Elizabeth Scotton, a spokeswoman for the company that manages the airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
A reporter with Radio Jamaica told CNN that officials on the Caribbean island would not confirm reports that the pilot of the plane scheduled to fly to Canada had been shot and killed.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_366026.html
April 20, 2009
“Jamaican airport hijacking
Gunman holds 7 hostages”
WASHINGTON -
SNIPPET: “According to CNN, five members of the flight crew and two passengers were still being held. 167 other passengers have been released.”
“The gunman robbed the passengers?” In Jamaica?
Impossible! LOL!
If you ever win a free trip there - do not go. Dangerous toilet.
If you want aggressive people coming up to you every 3 seconds trying to sell you pot then rob you - you will love it. Just take out life insurance before you go.
It’s probably a Quaker.
They are playing it off as a “mentally ill” 20 year old. Do we have a name yet?
They can always grab a bite at margaritaville.
I wonder how many of those travelers changed their travel plans from Mexico and went to Jamaica instead.
If you're thinking of taking a cruise and one of the stops is Jamaica, pick another itinerary or a different cruise line.
You can constantly feel revolution in the air there. The poverty is appalling. The men are sullen. Begging children besiege you as you walk. Some try to sell drugs or their sisters. Police in colorful uniforms patrol on horseback around the cruise ports.
Caribbean islands affiliated with Americans, British and Dutch offer comparatively safe and pleasant alternatives to visit.
Leni ("Bahama Mama" for FR fund-raising Caribbean cruises)
“They are playing it off as a “mentally ill” 20 year old. Do we have a name yet?”
Janeane Garafalo?
Just heard at 8am EDT on Classical 96.3 FM is that the gunman is now in custody, nobody injured.
MONTEGO BAY, Jamaica — The gunman who took six Canadian crew members hostage on a CanJet flight at Sangster International Airport has been captured by police and the crew has been freed.
Police said the gunman boarded CanJet flight 918 after he breached security at Sangster International Airport late Sunday evening. He was nabbed after a tense eight-hour standoff at the airport, one of the largest in the Caribbean.
CanJet said none of the passengers or crew members have been harmed.
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=1514539
“Just heard at 8am EDT on Classical 96.3 FM is that the gunman is now in custody, nobody injured.”
Did CNN blame Bush for it yet?
Thanks for the update, good news!
St. Thomas or St. Johns, but Jamaica........never!
/s/
Hijacking over.
Jamaica spokesman took lessons from Baghdad Bob.
His comments were laughable. Oh, it’s nothing, could happen anywhere in the world. blah blah blah. After all, the hijacker is from around here and is known.
Mormon kidnappers? Or maybe Mennonites?
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