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FBI: Man Flew Into NYC From BWI With Firecracker [4-inch-long, three-quarter-inch-wide.....]
WCBSTV ^

Posted on 12/28/2009 9:07:56 AM PST by Sub-Driver

FBI: Man Flew Into NYC From BWI With Firecracker Passenger Taken Into Custody After Explosive Device Found Wedged Between Two Seats On Piedmont Airlines Flight Into LaGuardia NEW YORK (CBS) ―

A passenger who flew into LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night was questioned by FBI agents after allegedly boarding the flight with an explosive device in his possession, CBS 2 has learned.

Officials confirmed Monday that a crew member on board Piedmont Airlines flight 4126 was cleaning the plane after it landed in New York around 7:30 p.m. when he found a large firecracker-like device wedged between two seats. Port Authority officials contacted FBI agents, and the passenger from that seat location, identified as 67-year-old Thomas Ouelette, of Bonita Springs, Fla., was tracked down and taken into custody.

Ouelette was planning on taking a connecting flight to Fort Myers, Fla. from New York.

Authorities did not release details on the kind of device discovered other than saying it was a 4-inch-long, three-quarter-inch-wide explosive pyrotechnic.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Florida; US: New York
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; airportsecurity; bwi; detonator; explosives; firecracker; homelandsecurity; nationalsecurity; nyc; ouelette; quarterstick; thomasouelette; tsa
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To: HerrBlucher

i had the 60’s & 70’s. I was born in 55.


41 posted on 12/28/2009 10:09:10 AM PST by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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To: wiggen

LOL! From the other posts you must be right, too long to be an M-80. But that is how I remember the M-80’s of my childhood, so either they were 1/4 sticks or they just seemed bigger because I was much smaller. In any case, they were loud, aroused the anger of neighbors, and were so much fun.

I am one year older than you, whippersnapper.


42 posted on 12/28/2009 10:25:04 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: Sub-Driver

But did they notify Obama before 3 hours had elapsed?


43 posted on 12/28/2009 10:25:42 AM PST by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Sub-Driver

44 posted on 12/28/2009 10:28:50 AM PST by bmwcyle (Free the Navy Seals)
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To: machogirl

taken out of context my a*s..

the sh*t hit the fan at her comment and now she’s trying to spin her way out of it..


45 posted on 12/28/2009 10:32:05 AM PST by GeorgiaDawg32 (A moderate muslim is one who is simply buying time to reload..)
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To: Sub-Driver
Who flies from Baltimore to New York to connect to Florida? Must have bought his tickets on Priceline.

Also, how come the cleaning crew can find something the size of a beanie weenie, but can't find the half full soda cup from the previous flight left in the seat pocket in front of me.

46 posted on 12/28/2009 10:40:25 AM PST by sportutegrl (I was for Sarah Palin before being for Sarah was cool.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

No need to. They will just spend billions installing the new microwave body scanners in every airport, While STILL allowing people on the terrorist watch list.


47 posted on 12/28/2009 10:44:44 AM PST by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: Sub-Driver
The quarter stick is just the ignitor. If I recall, what the attempted bomber may have done is mixed the binary explosive and try a thermal ignitor. The ignitor failed but maybe a bigger ignitor will do the trick.

I love the way the administration and the media are pushing the "lone kook" theory.

Funny how all the "lone kooks" are Amish. Funny how all the "lone kooks" are not protesting but actually murdering us.

Well as long as no gays, protected minorities or administrative/congressional/senatorial family members are threatened, then it's all good....

We just need to relax....Napalolesbo is on the case.

48 posted on 12/28/2009 10:58:54 AM PST by erman
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

their spinning is making me dizzy.


49 posted on 12/28/2009 11:12:36 AM PST by machogirl (First they came for my tagline.)
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To: brownsfan

“No one else could have placed that device there?”

Watch for some blond haired, blue eyed, frame up jobs so they can avoid profiling the obvious suspects.


50 posted on 12/28/2009 11:16:42 AM PST by moehoward
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To: Sub-Driver

That’s about a half-stick of dynamite. I think they call them M-1000’s. They sell them on the Indian reservation local to here.


51 posted on 12/28/2009 11:18:52 AM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: bgill

Your post got a big belly laugh from me! Sad, but close to the truth!


52 posted on 12/28/2009 11:49:47 AM PST by 1951Boomer
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To: HerrBlucher

there were larger fireworks,i forget their names. That 4 inch size sounds close to a half stick?


53 posted on 12/28/2009 12:00:07 PM PST by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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To: RinaseaofDs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDbxqItQtl8

That’s one mean firecracker!


54 posted on 12/28/2009 12:10:56 PM PST by DemforBush (Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wanna bet Professor Obama will declare this another teachable moment!


55 posted on 12/28/2009 12:12:15 PM PST by SonOfDarkSkies (Al Qaeda only hijacked commercial aircraft...Obama hijacked the White House!)
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To: DemforBush

It’ll bite your head off, man.


56 posted on 12/28/2009 12:14:36 PM PST by RinaseaofDs
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To: bgill
Next time some bozo with explosives strapped all around him, front and back, with wires hanging down and a big red “to go boom press here” button on his chest will be cleared by airport security.

Well, there WAS that guy caught at an airport in California who had a thingamajig stuck up his yin yang, wires and all sticking out. They passed it off as if he was just a zany foreign guy with a wired up device fetish and we never heard another thing about it.

57 posted on 12/28/2009 1:01:04 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Starboard

I heard Steyn saying that today (in for Rush).


58 posted on 12/28/2009 1:15:36 PM PST by visualops (Freepin' on my Pre!)
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To: mark3681

“Piedmont Airlines?

I thought they merged with USAir years ago.”

They did back in 1987, but retained the name while operating as USAir Express

http://piedmont-airlines.com/about.shtml

http://piedmont-airlines.com/history.shtml


59 posted on 12/28/2009 2:43:31 PM PST by 2CAVTrooper (For those who have had to fight for it, freedom has a flavor the protected shall never know.)
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To: 2CAVTrooper

“They did back in 1987, but retained the name while operating as USAir Express”

Thanks for the info.

I used to do a lot of traveling, up to about 5 years ago.
I flew Piedmont quite often, BWI to North Carolina mostly. I also flew USAir express often. Once Piedmont sold over to USAir I don’t recall seeing any of their planes. I used to love flying with them. They were a lot like Southwest but with reserved seating; Friendly, on-time, reliable, and just good people to deal with.


60 posted on 12/28/2009 2:49:58 PM PST by mark3681
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