TSA tracking reports of "potentially suspicious items" on planes ...

[Josh]

...that landed at Newark, NJ, and Philadelphia airports.

Planes quarantined at Newark and Philly airports...

-- Breaking news: CNN.


Anyone got any updates? I have a good friend flying out of Newark to LA.

 

[Evadman]

coming soon: An update stating it was a laptop.

 

[ElFenix]

it was the cadet's standard issue dress rifle, which isn't a real gun

 

[Josh]

coming soon: An update stating it was a laptop.

Yea, I figured it was nothing major at all. Just trying to get an update.

 

[Homerboy]

it was the cadet's standard issue dress rifle, which isn't a real gun

eh?
It's not a single item or plane. its THREE planes. THREE airports.

What's sad is the bigger headline on CNN is about that dumb broad and her husband that got shot on Falcon lake.

 

[shiner]

Security cam footage from the planes in Jersey

 

[Josh]

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/29/security.concern/index.html?hpt=T1&iref=BN1

 

[ElFenix]

eh?
It's not a single item or plane. its THREE planes. THREE airports.

What's sad is the bigger headline on CNN is about that dumb broad and her husband that got shot on Falcon lake.

texas a&m went in lock down yesterday after a gunman was reported on campus by a bus driver. this was right at the time that ghw bush, barbara bush, and laura bush were supposed to arrive on campus for the bush library.

the gunman turned out to be a corps of cadets (glorified ROTC) member, and the 'gun' was the fake rifle he's supposed to carry around.

 

[spidey07]

Muthafucking potentially suspicious items on a muthafucking plane?

 

[xanis]

I'd be willing to lay money on this turning out to be absolutely nothing.

 

[drebo]

How far are we going to go for the illusion of safety?

Terrorists have already shown that if they want to kill people and destroy things, there's nothing we can do to stop them.

The mere fact that we have refused to just go back to daily life is evidence that the terrorists have already "won".

 

[FoBoT]

it is a coordinated attack by Anwar al-Awlaki and the Yemen based al-Qaida in the Arabian peninsula, they have now found at least four UPS planes carry packages from that group, one was stopped overseas before it crossed the atlantic. they are trying to influence the elections on Tuesday
one of the packages contained a printer toner cartridge modified into a bomb

 

[Joemonkey]

it is a coordinated attack by anwar al-awlaki and the yemen based al-qaida in the arabian peninsula, they have now found at least four ups planes carry packages from that group, one was stopped overseas before it crossed the atlantic. They are trying to influence the elections on tuesday

o rly?

 

[Homerboy]

How far are we going to go for the illusion of safety?

Terrorists have already shown that if they want to kill people and destroy things, there's nothing we can do to stop them.

The mere fact that we have refused to just go back to daily life is evidence that the terrorists have already "won".

uhhh if they found suspicious packages on planes pre-9/11 they'd do the same thing.

 

[drebo]

uhhh if they found suspicious packages on planes pre-9/11 they'd do the same thing.

The difference is what qualified as a "suspicious package."

Today, everything is suspicious and the moment you step into an airport, you're guilty of something. Hell, you can't even take a bottle of sham-fucking-poo on a plane anymore.

 

[Platypus]

edit nvm

 

[Homerboy]

The difference is what qualified as a "suspicious package."

Today, everything is suspicious and the moment you step into an airport, you're guilty of something. Hell, you can't even take a bottle of sham-fucking-poo on a plane anymore.

why would you want or need to?

 

[spidey07]

why would you want or need to?

I'd like to wash my hair and I don't like checking luggage for a 2-4 night stay especially since now you're charged for it. I can fit everything I need on a small carry on, no need to check luggage. Except now I check a freaking small bag because it's got liquids in it and shaving cream/razor.

 

[shiner]

Yemen? Clearly Chanandler Bong is somehow involved.

 

[moshquerade]

so is this going to cause delays in my order getting here?

(somebody had to say it)

 

[Meghan54]

why would you want or need to?

You're kidding, right? Guess washing your hair isn't important to one that lives in a basement, but for adults, we tend to wash daily, including hair.

 

[KeithTalent]

why would you want or need to?

If you only want to take carry on luggage...and it's not like we are only talking about shampoo here.

KT

 

[Gibson486]

You're kidding, right? Guess washing your hair isn't important to one that lives in a basement, but for adults, we tend to wash daily, including hair.

Then put it in your suitcase and have it stored under the plane. Problem solved.

 

[JTsyo]

The difference is what qualified as a "suspicious package."

Today, everything is suspicious and the moment you step into an airport, you're guilty of something. Hell, you can't even take a bottle of sham-fucking-poo on a plane anymore.

Well I don't want people bring poo onto the the planes anyway, real or fake.

 

[moshquerade]

ink toner cartridge