TWAFlight800: WHO WAS WILLIAM KABOFOVIC? By: John Fiorentino

9/1/02 | John Fiorentino

[Drango]

Tin Hat alert!

[PoorMuttly]

Firmly affixed.

Proceed.

[Camber-G]

I know a guy when he travels for work always makes up a phony name for the outside luggage tag.

I don't know why but he says its something about it not being anyone's business who's bag it is ... he's one of those real "privacy" type of guys who gets cheesed off when the check-in desk makes him put a tag on his bag.

Maybe someone who felt that same way on Flight 800 put that name on his bag.

[www.corvettewave.com]

Paging Elvis....Tin Hat is right...

[Tennessee_Bob]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&safe=off&q=Kabofovic

[Intolerant in NJ]

How then do we account for the bag with the luggage tag bearing the name of William Kabofovic?...Kabofovic was on a plane heading for the Bahamas - naturally his bag would be on another plane going to Europe.......

[Cicero]

People often don't remove old labels and tags from their bags.

[spokeshave]

Probably brought the bag(s) at the lost luggage auction and was taking it home...

Occam's Razor...the simplest explanation is mostly correct

[PatrioticAmerican]

A possible answer to the who is William Kabofovic question is a real person uses that name. For many years I had a name on my luggage that was not my real name. That was done for security reasons. Someone reading my luggage tag did not have my acutal name.

[VaBthang4]

"Just what does all of this mean? As of this writing, I can say truthfully, that I just don't know."

Well, when you do know....give me a call. Until then....whatever.

[JohnFiorentino]

With all due respects........I would certainly agree with you.....except for the fact......there is no William Kabofovic, whether he was on Flight 800 or not.

[MadelineZapeezda]

.Kabofovic was on a plane heading for the Bahamas - naturally his bag would be on another plane going to Europe.......

LOL.......happened to us on our honeymoon but I happened to see them being transported to another plane. Good thing...flights to our destination only flew twice a week.

[JohnFiorentino]

I have no doubt that is often the case........I've done that myself.......the difference here is......there is no William Kabofovic.........anywhere.

[willyone]

Many times I have loaned or borrowed a bag and not removed the name tag. People are sure easy. Besides I thought all the tin foilers thought the Navy did it.

[Camber-G]

... there is no William Kabofovic, whether he was on Flight 800 or not ...

So ? William Kabofovic sounds like a totally made up name to me. Like something out of Mad Magazine.

[WFTR]

Occam's Razor...the simplest explanation is mostly correct

WFTR's corollary.... Occam was a bachelor.

WFTR
Bill

[PatrioticAmerican]

The point is that the name doesn't exist. A person on Flight 800 may have just used the name. It is a pretty uncommon name.

[cactusSharp]

now if that bag was tagged
L.Monteeth Slim,
that would be me,my flying bag outside label
alias......

[MindBender26]

Sorry, but you and CNN got hosed by a stupid prank re: "William Kabofovic."

kabofovic is an older, dialectic from of the Croat word for bovine dung, or as we would say in the US, "Bullshi*."

Bottom line, some guy named Bill ran a racket on everyone.