Posted on 01/05/2021 10:20:18 PM PST by bitt
Multiple air traffic controllers in New York heard a chilling threat Monday in audio obtained exclusively by CBS News: "We are flying a plane into the Capitol on Wednesday. Soleimani will be avenged."
The threat refers to Qassem Soleimani, the Iranian general killed last year in a U.S. drone strike ordered by President Trump. It was made on the one-year anniversary of Soleimani's death, for which Iranian officials have long vowed revenge.
It's unclear who sent the threat. While the government does not believe the warning of an attack is credible, it is being investigated as a breach of aviation frequencies, CBS News has learned.
Sources told CBS News that the Pentagon and other agencies were briefed Tuesday about the digitized voice recording. The sources said they believe the threat was designed to suggest hitting the Capitol on the same day Congress is set to count the Electoral College results.
Experts said the intrusion is concerning because it could affect the instructions pilots get about how and where planes fly.
Sources told CBS News a message was sent to air traffic controllers on Tuesday reminding them that any threat or a plane deviating from its flight path should be reported immediately.
The FBI is not commenting but said it takes "all threats of violence to public safety seriously." The Federal Aviation Administration said it is in contact with law enforcement.
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We have total idiots for leaders with the exception of President Trump.
I’m more inclined to believe that it would be our own deep staters that would do this...
SMH
The Capital? The way DC runs the country....I will be too busy washing my hair to cry about DC being attacked by Iran.
Why would someone intent on causing this level of destruction broadcast it in advance?
I have always thought that a suicide attack would be impossible to stop. Picture a plane on final approach that aborts the landing, goes full throtle and aims for a building. Unless you have SAMs on the ready you wouldn’t be able to scramble a jet in enough time.
To scare people from attending the Trump rally.
If.....
If this would happen.....
Trump is not going anywhere.
Good point. Would not surprise me if the criminal Dems were behind this.
Drones colliding with airliners cannot be stopped. Expect them with feckless joe at the helm and heels up on the rudder.
“ Experts said the intrusion is concerning because it could affect the instructions pilots get about how and where planes fly.”
Duh. I figured that out 20 years ago when I bought a portable airband transceiver online from Sporty’s as a backup to the plane’s when I was in pilot training. Anyone can get one and screw up air traffic big time near an airport if they know how to sound like controllers.
[Why would someone intent on causing this level of destruction broadcast it in advance?]
I would think not.
Then again, we’re dealing with Iran’s crazy mullahs.
It smells like Brennan.
If they kill all the Democrats, it will be worth it, but they don’t kill their friends and operatives, do they?
Story planted by deep state. If it were true, CBS wouldn’t be reporting it.
“If they kill all the Democrats, it will be worth it, but they don’t kill their friends and operatives, do they?”
You evidently weren’t paying attention during high school history classes. Tyrannical dictators killed several hundreds of million of their own citizens in the last century alone!! They’d just congratulate themselves if they could wipe out a few thousand “Deplorables,” like they did on 9-11.
I’ve heard this before... Something about their religion requires an advance warning. I swear I’m not making that up.
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