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07-12-05, 04:02 PM
BREAKING NEWS
NBC News and news services
Updated: 3:46 p.m. ET Dec. 7, 2005
MIAMI - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot to death in a confrontation Wednesday on a jetway at Miami International Airport, NBC News reported.
Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said the plane had just arrived from Medellin, Colombia, when a passenger indicated he had a bomb in his carry-on bag.
Air marshals confronted the man, who ran into the jetway and ordered him to get on the ground. The passenger did not comply, then was shot when apparently reaching into the bag, Doyle said.
Federal officials told NBC News' Pete Williams that the man was shot to death.
Mary Gardner, a passenger on the plane, told WTVJ the man started “running crazily through the aisle” after the plane landed in Miami. Gardner said a woman seated with the man ran after him, yelling that her husband was bipolar and had not taken his medication. Gardner described the woman as “hysterical.”
The plane had just arrived from Colombia and was headed on to Orlando.
Airport and Miami-Dade County police officials said they had no immediate comment. American Airlines officials confirmed the shooting was on a jetway. Shortly after the incident, Miami-Dade reopened the concourse and resumed normal operations.
NBC News’ Pete Williams said authorities searching the man's carry-on bag did not find a bomb.
A federal official told NBC that it was the first time since Sept. 11 that a marshal had fired a gun in or near a plane.
Martin Gonzalez, spokesman for Colombia’s civil aviation agency, said he had no information regarding the incident. “The flight left normally with no problems,” he told The Associated Press in Bogota.
He said he did not have a list of passengers who were aboard the plane.
Air Marshals are trained to shoot to kill. They have the most stringent small-arms training standards among law enforcement agencies.
Cuatro comentarios....
1.- Esto despeja cualquier duda respecto a la posibilidad de que a nuestro lado podría viajar un Air Marshal dispuesto a reventarle la madre a cualquier suspechoso que pudiera llegar a atentar en contra de la seguridad de los EEUU.
2.- Me queda claro que después del 9/11 los gringos no se andan con pendejadas.
3.- El CEO (Chief Executive Officer) de American Airlines debe estar feliz por ésta publicidad gratuita.
4.- ¿Los Air Marshal también acumulan millas?
Embrión.
NBC News and news services
Updated: 3:46 p.m. ET Dec. 7, 2005
MIAMI - A passenger who claimed to have a bomb in a carry-on bag was shot to death in a confrontation Wednesday on a jetway at Miami International Airport, NBC News reported.
Homeland Security Department spokesman Brian Doyle said the plane had just arrived from Medellin, Colombia, when a passenger indicated he had a bomb in his carry-on bag.
Air marshals confronted the man, who ran into the jetway and ordered him to get on the ground. The passenger did not comply, then was shot when apparently reaching into the bag, Doyle said.
Federal officials told NBC News' Pete Williams that the man was shot to death.
Mary Gardner, a passenger on the plane, told WTVJ the man started “running crazily through the aisle” after the plane landed in Miami. Gardner said a woman seated with the man ran after him, yelling that her husband was bipolar and had not taken his medication. Gardner described the woman as “hysterical.”
The plane had just arrived from Colombia and was headed on to Orlando.
Airport and Miami-Dade County police officials said they had no immediate comment. American Airlines officials confirmed the shooting was on a jetway. Shortly after the incident, Miami-Dade reopened the concourse and resumed normal operations.
NBC News’ Pete Williams said authorities searching the man's carry-on bag did not find a bomb.
A federal official told NBC that it was the first time since Sept. 11 that a marshal had fired a gun in or near a plane.
Martin Gonzalez, spokesman for Colombia’s civil aviation agency, said he had no information regarding the incident. “The flight left normally with no problems,” he told The Associated Press in Bogota.
He said he did not have a list of passengers who were aboard the plane.
Air Marshals are trained to shoot to kill. They have the most stringent small-arms training standards among law enforcement agencies.
Cuatro comentarios....
1.- Esto despeja cualquier duda respecto a la posibilidad de que a nuestro lado podría viajar un Air Marshal dispuesto a reventarle la madre a cualquier suspechoso que pudiera llegar a atentar en contra de la seguridad de los EEUU.
2.- Me queda claro que después del 9/11 los gringos no se andan con pendejadas.
3.- El CEO (Chief Executive Officer) de American Airlines debe estar feliz por ésta publicidad gratuita.
4.- ¿Los Air Marshal también acumulan millas?
Embrión.