[nycgal]

It makes no sense for one hijacker of the 19 to have a gun and risk the entire operation

The operation wouldn't have been in jeopardy if the gun had been planted, at seat 10B, by a member of the ground crew.

[Dog Gone]

Sure, if we want to believe, for some reason, that a gun was used, I'm sure we can come up with a lot of different scenarios.

This is a surprising bit of news, but I seriously doubt if WND reported the entire story. There's a reason why the FAA totally discounts this report, and the reason can't be classified or even sensitive. But now that WND has printed half the story, it's incumbent for the FAA and AA to respond to it, perhaps in another publication.

Why would it even matter if it were true? If I'm not mistaken, Congress has already passed legislation awarding compensation to the victims and precluding their families from suing the airlines anyway.

[185JHP]

Plus the fact, who says all these dementos would do it "by the book", anyway? This guy could have been freelancing, paying someone to plant the gun for him.