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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at wcbstv.com ...


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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Looks like the system worked!
1 posted on 12/28/2009 9:07:57 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Yep, it made him think twice..


2 posted on 12/28/2009 9:09:59 AM PST by marvlus
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To: Sub-Driver

“Looks like the system worked!”

Jan the Man will be putting in for a raise after this one....


3 posted on 12/28/2009 9:10:22 AM PST by jessduntno ("The system is working just as it should..." - Jan "The Man" Napolitano)
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To: Sub-Driver

They found it AFTER he left and arrested him? No one else could have placed that device there?


4 posted on 12/28/2009 9:12:25 AM PST by brownsfan (The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
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To: Sub-Driver

From the size description, sounds more like an M-80. That is one mighty firecracker.


5 posted on 12/28/2009 9:14:59 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Strip searches.

I seriously see this coming. This latest fool may not be some rag-head, but before our PC morons in Washington even think of profiling muslims, they will have all passengers strip down before boarding.

They may even decide to do a cavity search to see if any firecrackers are stashed up the wazoo.


6 posted on 12/28/2009 9:15:08 AM PST by Responsibility2nd (During this joyous Christmas season, I'd like you to know....A reindeer bit my sister once.)
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To: Sub-Driver
he found a large firecracker-like device wedged between two seats. Port Authority officials contacted FBI agents, and the passenger from that seat location

I guess only one of the seats had a passenger in it? also - isn't it possible that thing has been there a while?

7 posted on 12/28/2009 9:17:06 AM PST by plain talk
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Found by the cleaning crew rather than security. Brilliant. 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.


8 posted on 12/28/2009 9:18:21 AM PST by bgill (The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
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To: brownsfan
They found it AFTER he left and arrested him? No one else could have placed that device there?

Probably will find out the guy next to him was named Muhammed, but since it was not in his seat, they can't question him - after all that would be profiling /s

9 posted on 12/28/2009 9:19:19 AM PST by TheCipher
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To: Sub-Driver

The mere threat of a random dutchman caused him to lose his nerve.


10 posted on 12/28/2009 9:19:32 AM PST by Tijeras_Slim (Live jubtabulously!)
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three-quarter-inch-wide explosive pyrotechnic.

Explosives are not pyrotechnics and pyrotechnics are not explosives.

11 posted on 12/28/2009 9:19:34 AM PST by Lurker (The avalanche has begun. The pebbles no longer have a vote.)
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To: Sub-Driver

THROW OUT Janet Naplitdontknow!!!


12 posted on 12/28/2009 9:20:15 AM PST by ggrrrrr23456
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To: Responsibility2nd

13 posted on 12/28/2009 9:20:28 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: HerrBlucher

“From the size description, sounds more like an M-80. That is one mighty firecracker.”

M-80 is not four inches long. I remember when they were legal and fun.


14 posted on 12/28/2009 9:22:02 AM PST by ModelBreaker
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To: ggrrrrr23456

Janet Incompetano


15 posted on 12/28/2009 9:22:57 AM PST by rahbert (There are no fish here! What kind of ocean is this?)
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To: HerrBlucher

M80s i recall were stubby. not 4 inches long.


16 posted on 12/28/2009 9:24:21 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: Sub-Driver

Looks like Mr. Copy-cat is gonna get the attention he covets.


17 posted on 12/28/2009 9:26:54 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
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To: HerrBlucher

Yup. Or perhaps a blockbuster, which has a blast equivalent of 1/4 stick of dynamite.

Was he sitting over the wing/fuel tank too ?

THE SYSTEM WORKED DAMMIT !!


18 posted on 12/28/2009 9:28:06 AM PST by Col Frank Slade
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To: Sub-Driver

Piedmont Airlines?

I thought they merged with USAir years ago.


19 posted on 12/28/2009 9:28:22 AM PST by mark3681
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To: wiggen

You had the wussy 80’s.


20 posted on 12/28/2009 9:30:01 AM PST by HerrBlucher (Jail Al Gore and the Climate Frauds!)
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