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Fireworks set off aboard airliner (ABC News: Not fireworks - "powdery substance")
CNN ^ | 12/25/09 | CNN

Posted on 12/25/2009 11:59:19 AM PST by Cyberrat

A passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan, caused a brief disturbance Friday at the end of the trip by igniting firecrackers, a Delta Air Lines spokeswoman said...

(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; amsterdam; dal; deathcult; delta; deltaflight253; detroit; dtw; flight253; globaljihad; headchoppers; islam; jihadinamerica; muslim; muslims; northwestflight253; nwa; obama; obamamuslim; pedophileprophet; rop; spl; terrorism
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To: Cyberrat

I normally don’t advocate violence on Christmas, but in this case...


61 posted on 12/25/2009 1:19:06 PM PST by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
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To: All

More details:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415071/posts


62 posted on 12/25/2009 1:20:34 PM PST by elpinta (Change: check. Hope: not so much.)
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To: Cyberrat

From a flight forum: “...said the pilot declared an emergency due to a smoke indicator alarm going off.”


63 posted on 12/25/2009 1:24:34 PM PST by Moe Tzadik
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To: LayoutGuru2

Love that movie! One of my favorites.


64 posted on 12/25/2009 1:26:17 PM PST by winstonwolf33
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To: Tijeras_Slim

He would have gotten a lot more than that had I been on the plane.


65 posted on 12/25/2009 1:30:54 PM PST by Hexenhammer ( The Spirit of '76!)
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To: Cyberrat

Thanks to one idiot, no more fireworks in your carry-on.


66 posted on 12/25/2009 1:31:40 PM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....Iraq Invasion fan since '91.)
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To: Thrownatbirth; All

It wasn’t firecrackers. He tried to set off a bomb.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2415071/posts


67 posted on 12/25/2009 1:34:05 PM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Schnucki

Either the MSM was covering up for this Islamic terrorist or the airline was. But then, we must not “jump to conclusions!!”


68 posted on 12/25/2009 1:36:06 PM PST by Oldpuppymax (AGENDA OF THE LEFT EXPOSED)
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To: jimbo123
This sounds more plausible in a way.

Why would you do a test run with fireworks and expose a weakness in the system? Wouldn't security then crack down and make getting real explosives through much harder?

Hate to sound conspiratorial, but it would make sense in a way that this was a failed attempt using a homemade explosive device and security is calling it “firecrackers” so travelers don't get upset and stop flying.

69 posted on 12/25/2009 1:37:50 PM PST by Max_850
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To: Max_850

i stopped flying a long time ago


70 posted on 12/25/2009 1:43:54 PM PST by She hits a grand slam tonight
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To: dalereed

Drugs are easy to get in Amsterdam. They have “coffee houses” where you can buy pot, etc. legally.


71 posted on 12/25/2009 1:44:47 PM PST by PLMerite (Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
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To: Bryanw92
Elbow hell! I hope his eyeballs, kidneys, and testicles are mush!

One good whack to the throat would have sufficed.

72 posted on 12/25/2009 1:46:01 PM PST by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast (STOP the Tyrananny State.)
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To: Renegade
The only way to find fireworks is the “sniffer” box .

I'm sure there was some objection to using it for this particular person and the Danes were sure to acquiesce.

73 posted on 12/25/2009 1:49:16 PM PST by raybbr (If you try to kiss your son on the head while he's running you WILL get a fat lip.)
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To: dalereed

Pot is legal in Amsterdam. They sell it in the coffeehouses.


74 posted on 12/25/2009 1:54:09 PM PST by ponygirl ("Actum est de republica." -"It is all over with the republic.")
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To: saganite
Is there a FOX version of the story?

Here ya go, tons of links including Fox News in the right column. Google News is your friend.

75 posted on 12/25/2009 1:57:07 PM PST by upchuck (The plan for 2010: Pray; Raise/conserve cash; Pray; Pay your debts; Pray; Stockpile; Buy ammo; VOTE!)
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To: Max_850; All

Update here:

http://abcnews.go.com/Travel/explosives-northwest-airlines-plane-amsterdam-detroit/story?id=9423871

The man said he was directed by al Qaeda to explode a small device in flight, over U.S. soil, ABC News has learned. Authorities have no corroboration of that information, and the credibility of the suspect’s statements are being questioned, officials said.

The man was apparently already on the government’s no-fly list of suspected terrorists, according to a senior intelligence official.

“The subject is claiming to have extremist affiliation and that the device was acquired in Yemen along with instructions as to when it should be used,” a federal situational awareness bulletin stated.


76 posted on 12/25/2009 1:58:32 PM PST by jimbo123
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To: Cyberrat
Something on the wing precipitated it:


77 posted on 12/25/2009 2:04:36 PM PST by Vaquero (BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
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To: dalereed
As far as movies, the last one I went to was 53 years ago.

Then you should know about "Reefer Madness". It was released in 1936 under the title "Tell Your Children"

78 posted on 12/25/2009 2:04:43 PM PST by PAR35
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To: raybbr

Amsterdam isn’t in Denmark.


79 posted on 12/25/2009 2:05:57 PM PST by PAR35
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To: 668 - Neighbor of the Beast

The throat is pretty small and there was a lot of passengers on that plane. Everyone should get a piece!


80 posted on 12/25/2009 2:22:04 PM PST by Bryanw92 (Imagine a day when the politicians have to hold a bake sale to pay for votes!)
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