Ua 908 ord-ams
Aug 30, 2010, 5:22 am
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Ua 908 ord-ams
When 908 landed here at AMS this morning (30th) at AMS, police came on board and removed several PAX.
Then all passengers and their luggage was withheld for several hours.
Anyone know what was going on?
A friend was on the flight and he knows nothing.
Then all passengers and their luggage was withheld for several hours.
Anyone know what was going on?
A friend was on the flight and he knows nothing.
Aug 30, 2010, 9:00 am
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Looks like I didn't have my morning coffee...
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Aug 30, 2010, 9:18 am
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, but i think we have two different incidents as the article and post you reference is for a flight leaving iad for tpa and the op is referring to a flight arriving at ams
Nine passengers aboard a plane at Dulles International Airport were removed before takeoff.....The flight was headed from Dulles in the Washington, D.C., area to Tampa, Florida.
Aug 30, 2010, 10:48 am
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Aug 30, 2010, 4:05 pm
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It looks like the two guys removed were a couple of terrorists making a "practice run" with a fake bomb:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/united...d=ESPNheadline
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/united...d=ESPNheadline
Aug 30, 2010, 4:07 pm
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It looks like the two guys removed were a couple of terrorists making a "practice run" with a fake bomb:
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/united...d=ESPNheadline
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/united...d=ESPNheadline
Aug 30, 2010, 4:11 pm
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Aug 30, 2010, 4:25 pm
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They just posted pictures of what they recovered:
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter...0830_xwide.jpg
Will TSA now ban someone from carrying multiple cell phones?
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter...0830_xwide.jpg
Will TSA now ban someone from carrying multiple cell phones?
Aug 30, 2010, 4:26 pm
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They just posted pictures of what they recovered:
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter...0830_xwide.jpg
Will TSA now ban someone from carrying multiple cell phones?
http://abcnews.go.com/images/Blotter...0830_xwide.jpg
Will TSA now ban someone from carrying multiple cell phones?
Aug 30, 2010, 4:40 pm
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Rut roh. I am on this route Thursday...
Aug 30, 2010, 4:56 pm
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but these two pieces from the article make absolutely no sense whatsoever
if you have "security concerns", detain the "security risk" here and before said security risk actually gets on the airplane and flies the route.
if powers that be are now, albeit left handedly, posting that his cell phones and liquid antacid are suspicious, why did his luggage get cleared to fly
The two were allowed to board the flight at O'Hare airport last night despite security concerns surrounding one of them, the officials said.
In addition, officials said, al Soofi was found to be carrying $7,000 in cash and a check of his luggage found a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle, three cell phones taped together, several watches taped together, a box cutter and three large knives. Officials said there was no indication of explosives and he and his luggage were cleared for the flight from Birmingham to Chicago O'Hare.
Aug 30, 2010, 5:08 pm
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but these two pieces from the article make absolutely no sense whatsoever
if you have "security concerns", detain the "security risk" here and before said security risk actually gets on the airplane and flies the route.
if powers that be are now, albeit left handedly, posting that his cell phones and liquid antacid are suspicious, why did his luggage get cleared to fly
if you have "security concerns", detain the "security risk" here and before said security risk actually gets on the airplane and flies the route.
if powers that be are now, albeit left handedly, posting that his cell phones and liquid antacid are suspicious, why did his luggage get cleared to fly
Also their original itinerary would take them through IAD, which is where the suitcase was actually found, while the guys were in AMS. Another question is why did their suitcase go on a plane to IAD while they went to AMS?
Aug 30, 2010, 5:11 pm
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One report I saw said they can from somewhere else (Nashville maybe?) and transferred at ORD. They were stopped for having these devices at their origin (Nashville?), but since they were harmless items they were allowed to proceed.
Also their original itinerary would take them through IAD, which is where the suitcase was actually found, while the guys were in AMS. Another question is why did their suitcase go on a plane to IAD while they went to AMS?
Also their original itinerary would take them through IAD, which is where the suitcase was actually found, while the guys were in AMS. Another question is why did their suitcase go on a plane to IAD while they went to AMS?
Aug 30, 2010, 5:22 pm
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One checked in at Birmingham to connect through ORD to AMS. He was flagged as suspicious in BHM, but as they couldn't find explosives they allowed him to continue to travel. The guy who boarded in BHM apparently collected his bags in ORD and rechecked them on a flight connecting in IAD to DXB, but actually boarded the ORD-AMS flight. The flight to IAD departed, but the bag was confiscated once it was realized he wasn't on that flight. The suspect that boarded in BHM lived in Detroit but was originally from Yemen. Not sure where the second guy who "joined" him was from.
There looks to be a couple of "opportunities" for TSA in this incident that I am sure will come to light in the subsequent investigation.
There looks to be a couple of "opportunities" for TSA in this incident that I am sure will come to light in the subsequent investigation.