Posted on 11/20/2006 7:06:49 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
Six men were removed from an airplane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Monday evening.
Sources say the men, of Middle Eastern ethnicity, behaved in a manner that caused the crew to be concerned.
The men were taken off the plane after it returned to the gate and are being questioned by authorities.
The remaining passengers were also taken off the flight, U.S. Airways flight 300, bound for Phoenix.
Those passengers are being re-screened for boarding.
There were 170 passengers on board the plane, which is a Boeing 757.
Stay with FOX 9 News and MyFOX9.com for continuing updates on this breaking story.
Good
This would be an aircraft from the America West side of the US Airways/America West merger.
"Middle Eastern ethnicity"
Uh oh... some lowly copy editor is going to get fired for including this detail.
Can the cries of racial profiling be far away?
Bump for more news
Their presence wasn't enough of a concern, I guess. Can someone call the ACLU? (insert limp-wristed gesture here --->).
They will turn them loose,and that will be the end of it.
Kill 'em all.
Has CAIR been notified? Standyby for fits of Muslim outrage.
Oh, Middle eastern men?
I thought it was another "nursing mother" story.
Actually most of the time it seems supposed "Middle Easterners" are turning out to be Indian.
Probably more response testing and probing to see what reaction they will get. Tomorrow you''ll hear these fols were just innocent members of an Islamic blues band or some such nonsense and the ACLU will get involved.
LOL...or another "mile high club" story!!
MUSLIMS
You mean they were voting DONKEYCRAT?
Does anybody else recall Phoenix being mentioned in other threads? Is there some kind of 'hotbed' of activity there?
more "syrian band members"?
Phoenix.... hotbed.... ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!
Backup dancers for Prince?
Phoenix was where the ME guy with the $79,000 and the info on nuclear devices and biohazards was headed.
You infidels. You not understand ancient custom of setting fire to our shoes after walking in land of infidels. :-)
I recall that, but for the life of me can't remember what thread it was.
Ya know, some of those ME types get their jollies by acting up on planes, just to scare us.
They are despicable.
Can't they just install a half dozen "ejection" seats in every plane and seat them in those?
That would be my guess. I'm sure they have lawyers in the bullpen ready to sue the airline in any case.
Ouch....(LOL tired here). I am being series (intentional)! In several other 'r-o-p' threads I know I read about Phoenix being (I'll rephrase) an area with a growing middle eastern population. Just trying to connect dots :)
Thank you!!! I thought I remembered that correctly, but was afraid to post (loooong day). That's why I posted (PaMom smacks her forehead) 'Phoenix, hotbed.'
They were undoubtedly f$#$!~g Islamic Swine. Jews have "middle eastern ethnicity too." Why do they use such a phrase instead of really reporting what is going on.?
ML/NJ
A cash payout from our courts to a group suing because of racial profiling. (wink wink)
No court in America would dare demand America behave PC during a time of war....and newspapers never tell secrets...I know because the nyt (spelled small for a big reason) put the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth in the garbage can and forgot to print it on / in their paper.
The Fiesta Bowl?
oh I like the way you think!
Updated: 11/20/2006 08:39:47 PM
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned that federal investigators and airport police are questioning six Middle Eastern men who had to be escorted off of a plane Monday afternoon at Minneapolis/St. Paul International.
U.S. Airway officials tell 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS Aviation Expert Bob McNaney that Monday while Flight 300 was preparing to take off from Minneapolis to Phoenix, a passenger passed a note to a flight attendant saying they noticed 'suspicious behavior,' among the men. The men would not get off the plane when asked, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS has learned, and had to be removed by police.
"trying to connect dots "
We may have to start connecting dots everywhere. The MSM don't help us because they tend to leave out ME orgins. I have a bad feeling this is a local story-to-be all over our country. That is why Free Republic and other sources are becoming even more important.
Monitoring local media for updates.......
Will report back.
Check the goats they were transporting as spouses in the hull of the airlines as well...IMO.
Thanks for that. I got a phone call I had to take and haven't been able to do more poking around.
Amen. Stories don't 'stay local' any more...and that is (IMO) a very good thing.
Ping
What ever happened to the muslem guy with with 79M and a computer with nuke info?
He was wearing a fashionable orange jump suit that clashed with his shackles.
I trust this isn't the scenario of this thread.
I got a friend that works gates for AWA at MSP, she had an interesting night I bet...
Star Tribune website is leading with: "Flying over the holidays? Prepare for bumps along the way"
http://www.startribune.com/535/story/825398.html
LMAO!!!
Hopefully vacationing at Club Gitmo.
Suspicious airline passenger to stay locked up
A federal judge overturned a lower ruling Monday and ordered detention for a man stopped at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with articles about nuclear plants and suitcase bombs and the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
U.S. District Judge Paul D. Borman ruled Sisayehiticha Dinssa, 34, was both a flight risk and a danger to the community. He overturned a ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge R. Steven Whalen, who earlier on Monday ordered Dinssa released under strict supervision.
Dinssa, an Ethiopian-born U.S. citizen who lists his address as Dallas, Texas, was arrested Tuesday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport after arriving from Kenya by way of Amsterdam.
He is charged with currency smuggling after telling Customs agents he was only carrying about $18,000 before a search of his luggage turned up nearly $80,000.
Though he faces no terrorism charges to date, Assistant U.S. Attorney Leonid Feller told Borman that evidence found in Dinssa's luggage and inside his laptop computer makes him a potential threat to national security.
Agents found articles about nuclear plants, suitcase bombs and a hard-copy commemorative edition of the Dallas Morning News from Sept. 11, 2002 -- the one-year anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Feller said.
Agents also found a hand-written note saying: "This community is angry. Something is going to happen. We are going to see justice. This is a powder keg waiting to go off."
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061120/UPDATE/611200438&template=printart
According to the flight info it will be pretty late by the time local news reporters can seek comments from arriving passengers, around 11:00pm Mountain Time.
Flight Status
Flight # 300
Depart Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
Date 11/20/2006
Gate C9
Scheduled 5:15 PM
Actual 8:29 PM
Status Departed
Arrive Phoenix, AZ
Date 11/20/2006
Gate
Scheduled 7:40 PM
Actual 10:51 PM
Status Estimated Arrival
Cheese, Velveeta, thanks for the timely update on that ongoing story.
;-)
Let me guess, Whalen just has to be a Clinton appointment?
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