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STOLEN PLANE FROM THUNDER BAY LANDS ON MISSOURI HIGHWAY
NORTHLAND NEWS CENTER.com ^ | Story Published: Apr 6, 2009 at 9:30 PM CDT;Story Updated: Apr 6, 2009 at 9:30 PM CDT | n/a

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 ...


TOPICS: Canada; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; US: Illinois; US: Iowa; US: Michigan; US: Missouri; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 200904; adamleon; airport; aviation; burke; canada; cessna; cessna172; f16; flightschool; hijack; leon; missouri; norad; ontario; plane; theft; thunderbay; tm; turk; turkey; wisconsin; yavuz; yavuzburke
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To: LADY J

Excellent job of reading between the lines.


101 posted on 04/07/2009 4:16:15 AM PDT by Abu Jihad
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To: Cindy; GMMAC; Clive; exg; kanawa; backhoe; -YYZ-; Former Proud Canadian; Squawk 8888; ...
Thanks for the ping, Cindy.


102 posted on 04/07/2009 4:17:51 AM PDT by fanfan (God, Bless America, please.)
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To: rjp2005

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,512837,00.html
Stolen Plane Chased by F-16 Jets, Man Arrested

WAUSAU, Wis. — A man suspected of stealing a plane from Canada, flying erratically over three states and attracting U.S. fighter escorts was in custody Tuesday after landing on a rural Missouri road.

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Not overkill since 9/11 and the fact that he crossed an international border.


103 posted on 04/07/2009 5:05:16 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Crunch ButtSteak; Old Sarge; darkwing104

Welcome to FR.


104 posted on 04/07/2009 5:07:38 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Cindy

Oh, ho—what have we here? I think we have Jihadist who had a mission to test American response to his intrusion into our air space in a civilian airplane. Do we know if the airplace was explosive laden?


105 posted on 04/07/2009 5:09:00 AM PDT by dools007
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To: buccaneer81

I invited the welcoming committee of old sarge and darkwing104 to join the thread.

Oh, and IBTZ....


106 posted on 04/07/2009 5:09:29 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Cindy

I laughed out loud when CNN said this morning that he “supposedly” entered the US illegally.


107 posted on 04/07/2009 5:09:57 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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To: Graybeard58

Maybe you should contact John R about how to get rid of that.


108 posted on 04/07/2009 5:13:29 AM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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To: Beaten Valve
I’m pretty sure that he was being sarcastic...

Don't worry about having to point out the obvious to certain people. Always remember: There are some on FR that just go around and yell nastily at everyone. Sometimes they leave in a huff but dang if they don't always seem to come back like a bad penny. :)

109 posted on 04/07/2009 5:24:04 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS-----FUBO----O.B.A.M.A.!)
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To: Graybeard58
I tried to find out how to resign from the state site and couldn't figure it out but I did know how to change locations and figured there wouldn't be a whole lot of traffic from the Congo, so now I fly the Congo flag instead of the Illinois flag and so far there have been zero postings appear on my news/activism page from the Congo.

That's the funniest thing I've heard yet about the state boards. I love it!

I know the CA board was broken for a bit and one could not get the notifications to stop or to start (depending on what you wanted). I think it's fixed now. Might be the same for the Illinois board BUT, the Congo is a nice place to "from". heh

110 posted on 04/07/2009 5:30:27 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS-----FUBO----O.B.A.M.A.!)
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To: backhoe
Just an old Keyboard Cowboy

I always loved that tag)

111 posted on 04/07/2009 5:34:02 AM PDT by BARLF
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To: LibertyRocks

This man stole a plane, flew across an international border, refused to communicate verbally with his escorts and refused to follow their hand signals to land. He didn’t come close to any east or west coast cities, but he went over my state capitol. He could have flown into it. Who knows what he could have carried onto that plane to make a crash more deadly to those in the city.

They should have shot him down over a field in northern Wisconsin and asked questions later. This inaction by whomever was in command put civilian lives in danger. And don’t think future terrorists were not watching this.


112 posted on 04/07/2009 5:35:52 AM PDT by freemama
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To: LADY J
Must be a fast learner!! I think the 'brief' period at the flight school was surveilance on how to hi-jack that plane - so his mission was accomplished. I'm sure SOME people learned a lot from this entire experiment.

Yep, this whole thing stinks and should not be taken at face value.

Will we never learn from history?

113 posted on 04/07/2009 5:37:41 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS-----FUBO----O.B.A.M.A.!)
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To: CAluvdubya

Read post #4. The plane wasn’t stolen. He was a student pilot and could fly the plane.


114 posted on 04/07/2009 6:22:04 AM PDT by seemoAR
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To: LibertyRocks

“BUT, to compare shooting down an unresponsive suspicious plane like this to someone being shot for speeding, is ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS!

Disobeying authority is the issue here. Disobey authority and be put to death??

We don’t live in a totalitarian State. I’d like to think we won’t be overreacting to 9/11 and can continue to live in a civil State.

You talking on your cell phone while driving puts people at risk of serious injury or death, should you be shot for it?


115 posted on 04/07/2009 6:32:34 AM PDT by CodeToad (Anyone wanting the government to take over medical care should stand in line at the post office)
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To: GOPsterinMA

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090407/Pilot_cdn_090407/20090407?hub=TopStories

Leon is believed to be a former Turkish national who became a Canadian citizen last year and changed his name from Yavuz Berke.

ROP practice run


116 posted on 04/07/2009 6:42:10 AM PDT by Chickensoup ("Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.")
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To: seemoAR
The plane wasn’t stolen. He was a student pilot and could fly the plane.

yep, and that doesn't change my view that he was up to something more than the reported suicide attempt. (FNC is reporting that he left a note to his girlfriend).

117 posted on 04/07/2009 6:42:13 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS-----FUBO----O.B.A.M.A.!)
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To: CAluvdubya
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close my tags, close my tags, close my tags

118 posted on 04/07/2009 6:44:17 AM PDT by CAluvdubya (WASS-----FUBO----O.B.A.M.A.!)
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To: Paul R.

I thought it was odd too that he was able to hitch a ride. But for the benefit of the doubt - Maybe things are different in that area (probably not, but I don’t live out there).


119 posted on 04/07/2009 6:55:48 AM PDT by HollyB
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To: CAluvdubya

Darn. I didn’t try to change your view. I really don’t care what you think. You were wrong. ;0)


120 posted on 04/07/2009 6:58:34 AM PDT by seemoAR
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