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I’ve just received a credible tip from an LGF reader that an America West flight out of New York was fired upon by a surface to air missile yesterday, and that the pilot and passengers witnessed it and are now being questioned by the FAA and FBI.That’s the extent of the information I currently have, and please note: right now this is completely unverified.
If this is true I wouldn’t be one bit surprised. In fact I’m surprised that this hasn’t been done yet. Do you know how simple it is to park outside an airport, set up, and shoot a missile at a plane taking off? It’s probably easier than it sounds.
Earlier this summer I was interning in Washington and had the chance to see airplanes take off from Reagan Int’l. The area is right outside the take off zone and has quite a view. There are no police, no feds, nothing nearby. You could pull up a car there and launch a missile in a matter of moments. Speaking of which, with all the construction going on at BWI TMBWI, I bet you’d have an easy time doing this type of maneuver.
This event is a wake up call and believe me, we need one.
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin calls America West and gets this response:
On Sept. 15 (Thursday), America West Flight 17 took off from JFK Airport at 6:05pm EDT. The captain “took the initiative,” says Gee, and reported an “irregularity” to air traffic control as the plane was ascending. The plane continued to Phoenix and landed safely at 8:55pm MST. FBI and other authorities met and interviewed all of the crew and passengers on the plane. The investigation is continuing.Gee would not say whether the pilot or other crew or passengers reported witnessing a missile firing.
“Nothing is confirmed,” Gee said.
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4:14 am [ Quote ]
SAM Missile Attack On America West Flight 17 Out Of JFK
Michelle Malkin and Little Green Footballs are reporting on word of a Surface to Air Missile attack on an America West flight out of JFK airport in New York City. Michelle has contacted the airline and talked to them about…
2:08 pm [ Quote ]
I thought there was an entire Federal agency set up(Homeland Security) do deal with preventing precisely this sort of thing. Are they still a functioning agency??? Isn’t Negroponti supposed to be overseeing coordinating security? This is not the first time this type of thing has happened. In fact, didn’t an airliner mysteriously crash in somewhat the same area a few years ago? These surface to air missiles are everywhere. I would have assumed this would have been identified early on as an easy target for terrorists. We can only hope this didn’t really occur. If it did and our security people were caught yet again by surprise, I hope some big empty heads roll.
3:35 pm [ Quote ]
There was no missile. Just birds.
Malkin has the update (just click the link that Ian provided).
5:52 pm [ Quote ]
Wow Steve you just find some way to blame Bush and/or the administration. There is really no way that you can stop some random idiot from shooting a SAM at a plane.
And with your idiotic logic, Flight 800 is Clinton’s fault.
But like uppity pointed out, it was just birds. Moron.
6:58 am [ Quote ]
Did someone breathalyze the pilots? Seems we have to worry about sh*t-faced pilots more than we have to worry about rocket launchers in backyards in subirbia.
AW just fired two, who were convicted of being drunk while piloting though they never left the tarmac.