Posted on 12/28/2009 9:07:56 AM PST by Sub-Driver
FBI: Man Flew Into NYC From BWI With Firecracker Passenger Taken Into Custody After Explosive Device Found Wedged Between Two Seats On Piedmont Airlines Flight Into LaGuardia NEW YORK (CBS) ―
A passenger who flew into LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night was questioned by FBI agents after allegedly boarding the flight with an explosive device in his possession, CBS 2 has learned.
Officials confirmed Monday that a crew member on board Piedmont Airlines flight 4126 was cleaning the plane after it landed in New York around 7:30 p.m. when he found a large firecracker-like device wedged between two seats. Port Authority officials contacted FBI agents, and the passenger from that seat location, identified as 67-year-old Thomas Ouelette, of Bonita Springs, Fla., was tracked down and taken into custody.
Ouelette was planning on taking a connecting flight to Fort Myers, Fla. from New York.
Authorities did not release details on the kind of device discovered other than saying it was a 4-inch-long, three-quarter-inch-wide explosive pyrotechnic.
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Yep, it made him think twice..
“Looks like the system worked!”
Jan the Man will be putting in for a raise after this one....
They found it AFTER he left and arrested him? No one else could have placed that device there?
From the size description, sounds more like an M-80. That is one mighty firecracker.
Strip searches.
I seriously see this coming. This latest fool may not be some rag-head, but before our PC morons in Washington even think of profiling muslims, they will have all passengers strip down before boarding.
They may even decide to do a cavity search to see if any firecrackers are stashed up the wazoo.
I guess only one of the seats had a passenger in it? also - isn't it possible that thing has been there a while?
Found by the cleaning crew rather than security. Brilliant. Next time some bozo with explosives strapped all around him, front and back, with wires hanging down and a big red “to go boom press here” button on his chest will be cleared by airport security.
Probably will find out the guy next to him was named Muhammed, but since it was not in his seat, they can't question him - after all that would be profiling /s
The mere threat of a random dutchman caused him to lose his nerve.
Explosives are not pyrotechnics and pyrotechnics are not explosives.
THROW OUT Janet Naplitdontknow!!!
“From the size description, sounds more like an M-80. That is one mighty firecracker.”
M-80 is not four inches long. I remember when they were legal and fun.
Janet Incompetano
M80s i recall were stubby. not 4 inches long.
Looks like Mr. Copy-cat is gonna get the attention he covets.
Yup. Or perhaps a blockbuster, which has a blast equivalent of 1/4 stick of dynamite.
Was he sitting over the wing/fuel tank too ?
THE SYSTEM WORKED DAMMIT !!
Piedmont Airlines?
I thought they merged with USAir years ago.
You had the wussy 80’s.
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