An ISIS aircraft mechanic caught trying to disable the same system that brought down two other 737s?

American Thinker ^ | September 19, 2019 | Monica Showalter

[keat]

The mere fact that someone named Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is permitted to work as an airline mechanic baffles me. I thought we had learned a few things since 9/11.

[Pearls Before Swine]

The mechanics should be vetted and above reproach.

That said, the weak link on the 737 Max was the automatic overcorrection of attitude, forcing the nose down by automatically driving the stabilizer.

If this plane was one of the regular, pre-MAX variety, would that have been possible, even if the velocity indicators were off?

[gaijin]

You can blot out the sun with choppers, put a cop on EVERY corner and without a meaningful immigration policy....

THE “WAR ON TERROR” IS AN ENORMOUS, FICTIONAL ORCHESTRATION

There is NO War On Terror.

[Old Yeller]

These savages are constantly scheming as to how they can kill large amounts of Americans. Hate is in their genes clear back to the first century.

[Pollster1]

This is unexpected. Who would have guessed that attempted mass murder was not motivated by a labor dispute?

[Old Yeller]

The mere fact that someone named Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is permitted to work as an airline mechanic baffles me. I thought we had learned a few things since 9/11.

You racist! Refugees welcome here, blah, blah, blah. PC will kill us all.

[Howie66]

Evidently there are those among us who failed to get that memo.

[bk1000]

The religion of peace just keeps on giving, don’t it?

[utax]

If you see something, say something - unless.............

[Balding_Eagle]

I can see Freepers scrambling to get to their keyboards to apologize for their bitter accusations against Boeing aircraft.

[BenLurkin]

bump!

[nuconvert]

“The mechanics should be vetted and above reproach.”

Supposedly he had been working as a mechanic for American Airlines since 1988. Who would suspect someone of doing something like this after 30 yrs?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I recall a half dozen Muzzie women cleaning crew filing on our airplane at Denver some years ago.
I wondered, “Who let them in?”

[4yearlurker]

I have my wife to correct my attitude.

[_Jim]

AoA -

Angle of Attack indication as developed by a ‘vane’ on each side of the forward fuselage ... only *one* was used in the Max 737 MCAS box though ...

Not the same as a Pitot tube.

[woodbutcher1963]

So, is it possible that the 737 Max’s that crashed after takeoff in Ethiopia and other foreign airliner could have been due to sabotage and not Boeings mechanical mistakes?

[Thommas]

I thought we had learned a few things since 9/11.

We have learned:
1. Islam means peace.
2. Muslims mean us no harm.
3. Not hiring Muslims, even in the most sensitive of positions, means that you are an Islamophobe.
4. Anything remotely disparaging, through the eyes of a Muslim, means that the offender can lose his/her position, job, and/or freedom.
5. Homicides by Muslims perpetrated against those in the non-Muslim community are only "lone wolf" operations, done by a psychotic, and have nothing to do with the mandates of the Koran.

For further elucidation, see Great Britain.

[Thommas]

Who would suspect someone of doing something like this after 30 yrs?

I would. Islam is patient in its agenda (when it has to be.)

[sport]

Good summation. signed, An Islamophobe