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Passenger films Northwest Flight 253 bomb attempt
Las Vegas Democrat Examiner ^ | Jan 5, 2010 | David Phillips

Posted on 01/05/2010 7:21:33 AM PST by KeyLargo

Passenger films Northwest Flight 253 bomb attempt

On Northwest flight 253 this past Christmas day as we all now know, a Nigerian man attempted to blow up the plane which thankfully failed. But with nearly 300 passengers and crew on board you would expect that someone with a camera or better yet a camcorder would be filming or taking pictures.

These days most everyone has a cell phone with camera or video capabilities.

Well there was at least one man that we know of that was filming the entire event, witness’s on board mentioned it during the various interviews that we saw after the news broke.

Kurt Haskell and his wife Lori Haskell were interviewed by Erica Hill on CNN, Lori Haskell tells Erica Hill that she noticed a man with a camcorder recording the “entire” event, she said “he was the only one standing filming the entire thing“. The Haskell’s also talked about what they witnessed in Amsterdam before boarding onto Flight 253, they said; an unidentified man appeared to be helping the bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab get on board without a passport.

Another passenger, Patricia "Scotty" Keepman tells 620WTMJ's "Wisconsin's Morning News." that she and her family were seated about 20 rows behind Abdulmutallab in a center aisle, and that she saw a man who videotaped the entire flight.

Patricia Keepman went on to say "He sat up and videotaped the entire thing, very calmly. We do know that the FBI is looking for him intensely. Since then, we've heard nothing about it."

There has only been one picture released to the media taken on flight 253 it’s an exclusive on CNN showing uniformed officers removing the Christmas Day bomber from the plane (the picture is seen in the video link above).

Because the man has yet to be tried, and because information on this attempted bombing is still sensitive in nature, the American public won’t be seeing that video anytime soon, if at all, and it seems that the Federal government doesn‘t want to mention it. But what is also even more interesting, is that CNN and other main stream media outlets have yet to follow up with any questions, about the man standing with a camcorder filming the bomber on flight 253.


TOPICS: Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: camcorder; flight253; man; nigerian
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Glenn Beck has passenger Kurt Haskell on his radio program this morning.

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1 posted on 01/05/2010 7:21:35 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo

US lies about Flight 253 “crotch bomber” patsy: summary of the evidence; Yemen attack implication

http://www.examiner.com/x-18425-LA-County-Nonpartisan-Examiner~y2010m1d2-US-lies-about-Flight-253-crotch-bomber-patsy-summary-of-the-evidence-Yemen-attack-implication


2 posted on 01/05/2010 7:25:24 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: KeyLargo
It was Dick Cheney with the video recorder! :)
3 posted on 01/05/2010 7:26:24 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
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To: KeyLargo

At least the guy ain’t a commie-pinko, he just said that on the Glenn Beck show!


4 posted on 01/05/2010 7:27:32 AM PST by geezerwheezer (get up boys, we're burnin' daylight!!!)
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To: KeyLargo

the earlier group that did the muslim provocation/dry run on Air Tran also had someone in their group filming or taking cell phone pictures of passengers.

Looking for Air Marshalls?


5 posted on 01/05/2010 7:29:09 AM PST by silverleaf
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To: KeyLargo

So wtf is this video that there has been mumblings about all this time. if true, the owner has had plenty of time to strike a deal; and/or if bigbromofo has this guy on ice somewhere we should have gotten wind of that by now!’

gb? don’t mention the name of that...opportunist non-talent!


6 posted on 01/05/2010 7:29:11 AM PST by gunnyg (Just An Old Gunny ~ And *Still* Not A F'n Commie Basterd!)
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To: KeyLargo

Just because CNN is not reporting information doesn’t mean they don’t have information.

We can be sure that if anything they know would negatively impact the One, we will never get that info from CNN.


7 posted on 01/05/2010 7:39:21 AM PST by Carley (OBAMA IS A MALEVOLENT FORCE IN THE WORLD)
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To: gunnyg

I believe from the context of the article that “the owner” is in league with the terrorist. It certainly would be odd to happen to have a camcorder readily available during the last part of the flight.

BTW, the author makes a big deal about how “most everyone has a cell phone with camera or video capabilities”, ignoring, incredibly, the long established ban on cell phone use during flights.


8 posted on 01/05/2010 7:44:49 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: KeyLargo

The Las Vegas ‘DEMOCRAT????? Examiner! Nothing like putting it right out there for everyone to see!! I’ll bet you a million they’ve never EXAMINED a DemonRat in their history!!


9 posted on 01/05/2010 7:50:46 AM PST by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: KeyLargo

I admit I have a dog in the fight, but has anyone else noticed that there are a number of newsworthy stories that break on Examiner.com? The Citizen Journalist is getting the implications of the news far more than the MSM, and connecting the dots the MSM refuses to even recognize.

Isn’t that interesting?


10 posted on 01/05/2010 7:52:35 AM PST by Danae (No political party should pick candidates. That's the voters job.)
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To: jiggyboy
It certainly would be odd to happen to have a camcorder readily available during the last part of the flight.

Uh? It's merely two button presses away on most cell phones. ...ignoring, incredibly, the long established ban on cell phone use during flights.

You're funny. If you've flown in the last 10 years, you would know that the stews even tell you to put your phone where you can reach it without getting up because they allow you to use it while taxiing after landing. It's in 9 out of 10 biz travellers' shirt/coat pockets. I'm surprised there's only one video, frankly.

Oh, and remember "Let's Roll?" That was overheard by Beamer's wife from his cell phone which he and others used to confirm what was happening.

11 posted on 01/05/2010 7:54:01 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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I think they’re talking about an actual stand-alone camcorder, not a cell phone with video capabilities.

How long did the whole incident take, that’s a question too. Most cell phones take at least ten seconds to boot up. If it looks like somebody’s trying to blow up the plane, my first thought is not going to be, hey, I’m going to turn on my cell phone and stare it for ten or fifteen seconds, then I’ll fumble with the keyboard so I can take a movie of whatever is happening thirty seconds from now.


12 posted on 01/05/2010 8:04:25 AM PST by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: jiggyboy

It had to be a passenger on the flight. We can be certain they have all been tracked down. Which one held the video cam?


13 posted on 01/05/2010 8:06:05 AM PST by Bronzy
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To: sam_paine

everyone on the plane knew they were going to die at that point. who on the plane is going to be telling people not to use their phones, and who was going to be wasting what little time they had left filming instead of saying goodbye to their loved ones?


14 posted on 01/05/2010 8:11:17 AM PST by SendShaqtoIraq
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To: KeyLargo
... witness’s ...

Language appears to be changing at an alarming rate.

15 posted on 01/05/2010 8:15:05 AM PST by RobinOfKingston (Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
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To: jiggyboy; SendShaqtoIraq
Most cell phones take at least ten seconds to boot up.

Are you really that uninformed about phone tech, jiggy?

Not everyone has their phone off when they're supposed to...haven't you ever watched what people do on an airplane? The people with Blackberries/iPhones put them in "flight mode" where the phone transceiver is off, but the rest of the PDA/cam function great.

I think they’re talking about an actual stand-alone camcorder, not a cell phone with video capabilities.

Well, ok. You can think whatever you wish.

But since they don't even know where this guy is, who he was, or what he looked like, I'm pretty sure this article doesn't accurately convey the classification of a video recorder.

"Does it use cassettes, or SD cards or internal flash or what, sir?" is not a question I suspect anyone on board was asking the fella. A few GB flash memory could record the entire flight at low camera-phone resolutions.

16 posted on 01/05/2010 8:30:30 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: sam_paine

Sam,

As a side note. You seem to be informed about video camcorders. I am planning on purchasing a new DVD camcorder to replace my old mini 8 camcorder. Any suggestions on the new technology our there today?


17 posted on 01/05/2010 8:42:13 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: silverleaf

TSA Confiscates Boy’s Play-Doh at New Orleans Airport

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Extra security at the airport in New Orleans has cost one small boy a Christmas gift from his grandma.

On a post-Christmas flight out of New Orleans last week, the TSA confiscated young Josh Pitney’s Play-Doh.

“You know all you have to worry about is it getting in the carpet – a small problem to have as opposed to a child who is entertained for half an hour,” said the child’s mother Christy Pitney.

“I had the kids and my husband was there with all our bags, she continued. “Josh and I were sitting, getting our shoes on and, my husband kind of motioned to us and said - they took our Play -Doh.”.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,581992,00.html


18 posted on 01/05/2010 8:45:33 AM PST by KeyLargo
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To: jiggyboy
It certainly would be odd to happen to have a camcorder readily available during the last part of the flight.

It would also be odd to film an event that you *thought* was going to bring down the aircraft...

19 posted on 01/05/2010 8:47:11 AM PST by TankerKC (If gravity is a law, why won't my corn nuts ever fall out of the vending machine?)
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To: KeyLargo
I am planning on purchasing a new DVD camcorder to replace my old mini 8 camcorder. Any suggestions on the new technology our there today?

LOL. No...I'm no conssumer products expert!

But do surf the web for news from CES 2010 this week in Las Vegas.

I'm sure all the latest features are being press-released there.

And think about hard-disk cams instead of direct to DVD. You do want to edit out some of the vid, no? Why not download it to your pc, save what you like, crop the "is it recording" blurbs, and burn that to a coherent watchable DVD for the kids/friends.

20 posted on 01/05/2010 8:47:23 AM PST by sam_paine (X .................................)
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