Posted on 04/06/2009 7:43:14 PM PDT by Cindy
http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/42563292.html
SNIPPET: "A stolen airplane from Thunder Bay, Ontario that had U.S. defense Officials on high alert throughout Monday, landed on a Missouri highway."
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SNIPPET: "Spokespeople say a student at a flight school stole the aircraft and took off. The plane continued to fly towards Madison and that's when two F-16 fighter jets fighter intercepted the stolen Cessna"
(Excerpt) Read more at northlandsnewscenter.com ...
Grand theft Lawn dart
Previously...
“U.S. fighter jets tracking stolen plane from Thunder Bay, Ont.”
BY DAVID WYLIE, CANWEST NEWS SERVICEAPRIL 6, 2009 10:19 PM
STORYPHOTOS ( 1 )
SNIPPET: “A small plane stolen from a northern Ontario airport was being tracked Monday night by U.S. fighter jets.
The Cessna 172 was stolen from Thunder Bay International Airport Monday at about 3 p.m. ET. It’s unclear why the pilot stole the plane.”
CNN: Pilot arrested...
2 F-16s for a Cessna? Overkill?
No what if had been loaded with explosive and flown into a opening day Baseball game in Detroit
“Pilot arrested...”
Why?
Have to look up the stall speed of an F16 plus their turn radius ....
The plane was STOLEN, that is a CRIME, the pilot refused to answer several requests that he do so, no flight plan was filed, so of course he was arrested.
Why on earth would you ask “WHY” ?
We won't shoot first.
I’m pretty sure that he was being sarcastic...
Public school?
“Why on earth would you ask “WHY” ?”
Though maybe they would have given a certificate for a successful solo his being a student!
Why?? He stole the plane in Canada and flew it into US airspace and then into the heartland, all the while being chased by F-16. Homer's going to the big house.
A federal law enforcement official told CNN the pilot is a naturalized Canadian citizen, but declined to give his name or country of origin. The source said the pilot was a flight school student for a “brief” period and only clocked a few hours of flight time.
Canadian officials have received some information that the pilot is “not a happy individual,” the official said.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/04/06/stolen.plane/index.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/04/06/stolen.plane/
updated 1 minute ago
“Authorities: Pilot of stolen plane captured after going on the run”
WASHINGTON (CNN) —
SNIPPET: “Federal, state and local authorities launched a manhunt for the pilot, who was identified by the FBI as Yavuz Burke, 31, a native of Turkey who became a Canadian citizen last year. He was formerly known as Adam Leon, though officials did not indicate a reason for the name change.”
Bingo!!! We have a winner.
I dunno, maybe because he stole a plane, wouldn’t respond, ran off from authorities once he landed?
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