Posted on 10/29/2010 7:40:47 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
BREAKING: 2 UPS Planes Isolated At Philadelphia International Airport
October 29, 2010 9:56 AM
From Jessica McWilliams
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities have isolated two cargo planes are Philadelphia International Airport following a report of a suspicious package.
Local and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious package aboard a cargo plane that landed at Philadelphia International Airport at about 9 a.m. Friday. A second UPS plane was isolated near the UPS terminal before take off.
Authorities say a crew member aboard an inbound UPS plane from Paris, France notified authorities on approach about a suspicious package. The crew member described a possible radiological component to the package.
The two occupants safely exited the aircraft after landing in a remote area of the airport.
(Excerpt) Read more at philadelphia.cbslocal.com ...
Thanks a lot! Now that stupid song will be stuck in my head all day.
Oh crap.
Fox news is reporting that 5 packages are now suspect and the UPS building at PHL is now evacuated and there also an issue at EWR
UPDATE:
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. authorities were investigating on Friday “potentially suspicious items” on cargo planes that landed at airports in Newark, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, the Transportation Security Administration said.
“Out of an abundance of caution the planes were moved to a remote location where they are being met by law enforcement officials and swept,” the TSA said in a statement.
A New York police spokesman said a United Parcel Service delivery truck was also being investigated in the city’s borough of Queens
The system is working...says Dyke Janet...not related to muslims, its those dang Amish again!
The deployment, or non-deployment of NEST is classified Secret.
... and in related news, Iran has announced it is ready to begin atomic energy talks. Coincidence?
And isn’t it convenient that Sheik Obama is going to be out of the country for a while, along with his immediate family.
Homeland Security Investigates Suspicious pkgs in NY, NJ and Pa. per Fox.
Via Twitter
I don’t think he left yet but Hillary did.
Via twitter :jake tapper
RT @ABCWorldNews: ABC NEWS has learned Authorities in NY Philly NJ and UK involved in trying to stop an ongoing bomb plot targeting the US
1 minute ago via TweetDeck
Yes, he is scheduled to arrive in India on November 6.
# Another UPS flight stopped in Newark. A third in Piladelphia. Additional Bomb scare at UPS offices in Queens, according to Fox. 4 minutes ago via TweetDeck
# Bomb found on Yemen-London UPS flight
RodrigoBNO
Those planes are full of Democrat absentee ballots. These planes have been quarantined so that the Philly unions can unload the crates of ballots out of sight of real Americans.
Bomb found on Yemen-Chicago UPS cargo flight during London stop - CNN
UPDATE from CNN — another UPS truck being investigated in
Queens, NY.
Minutes before, CNN reported that another flight
is being investigated on a flight from Paris to
Chicago due to the discovery of a possible suspicioua
item disguised as as toner cartridge, originating
from Yemen.
It was manipulated and changed .. a few additional
items in the box .. no explosives were found;
but, the law enforcement antenna are up.
I’m sure there must be some French unions upset with UPS or the USA in general.
Those mostly apply to packages shipped on board commercial *passenger* aircraft, not cargo-only aircraft.
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