BREAKING: 2 UPS Planes Isolated At Philadelphia International Airport [radiological component?]

philadelphia.cbslocal.com ^

[Sub-Driver]

BREAKING: 2 UPS Planes Isolated At Philadelphia International Airport

October 29, 2010 9:56 AM

From Jessica McWilliams

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Authorities have isolated two cargo planes are Philadelphia International Airport following a report of a suspicious package.

Local and federal authorities are investigating a suspicious package aboard a cargo plane that landed at Philadelphia International Airport at about 9 a.m. Friday. A second UPS plane was isolated near the UPS terminal before take off.

Authorities say a crew member aboard an inbound UPS plane from Paris, France notified authorities on approach about a suspicious package. The crew member described a possible radiological component to the package.

The two occupants safely exited the aircraft after landing in a remote area of the airport.

[IncPen]

October surprise?

October surprise!

[DCBryan1]

Wrong. NEST use to be TS-SCI or higher.

You can thank Clinton for declassifying/renaming NEST, and Bush for putting the spotlight on them with the .gov reshuffle of FEMA/TSA/DHS.

Need a job?

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Foxnews says that DHS is checking a UPS truck in NYC, also.

[McGruff]

Keep us updated. I’m stuck in a cubicle with pretty much this as my only Breaking News source.

[maggief]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Be Free]

Makes you wonder if the Sept. 3 crash of a UPS plane in Dubai was an accident, or the first (successful) attempt getting through whatever UPS or cargo security layers are in place. Hmmm ...

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Those planes are full of Democrat absentee ballots.

Unfortunately, they might be military ballots that the dems don't want to make it to the precincts.

[penelopesire]

October Surprise? The terrorists trying to help their buddies in the democrat party?

Scary stuff..just started following the story. Thanks for the ping.

[Beaten Valve]

All-cargo carriers also have their own security plans, however, the TSA cannot control what's coming inbound to the USA aborad those planes.

This is their worst nightmare coming true...

[jerseyrocks]

Live 10 minutes for Philly Airport Helicopters over our area for the past 10 minutes. Must be something big going on.

[COBOL2Java]

The deployment, or non-deployment of NEST is classified Secret.

So, I guess we'll be able to read about it in the NY Times...

[hoagy62]

Wouldn’t they ship those with the USPS?

[rwfromkansas]

If I was a suspicious type, I would say the Dems are behind this “scare.”

[Lazamataz]

THESE ARE LIVE EXPLOSIVE DEVICES, NUMEROUS. UK DEFUSED ONE SO FAR. RADIOLOGICAL AGENTS MAY BE BOUND TO THEM. OVER 12 SO FAR KNOWN. MANY US AND FOREIGN FRIEGHT SHIPPERS INVOLVED. ONE DEVICE DELIVERED TO A NYC BANK.

THIS ACCORDING TO A RADIO REPORT

[jerseyrocks]

Let’s just pray everything is okay. But if anything this is going to hurt the libbies big time. This happened on Obama’s watch.

[xkaydet65]

Rick Rescorla predicted the use of cargo planes a year before 9/11. He felt AQ would find it easier to take over a cargo jet and keep the fact hidden from authorities than taking a passenger jet.

With the security in place since 9/11 for airlines, I'd say AQ has discovered what Rescorla anticipated a decade ago.

[hoagy62]

Radio report? Source network?

WHEN did you hear this???

[advance_copy]

FOX News just now reporting that UPS is denying that a bomb has been found on one of their planes in the United Kingdom.

[Beaten Valve]

"Makes you wonder if the Sept. 3 crash of a UPS plane in Dubai was an accident"

That crash was related to a shipment of lithium batteries that became over-heated, caught fire, and brought down the aircraft.

That's a different problem that the TSA is trying to resolve...

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Ladies and gentlemen, we are under attack. Now a another bomb threat at the Federal Courthouse in Portland, Maine.