Hellbent Posted December 23, 2001 http://my.aol.com/news/news_story.psp?type=1&cat=0600&id=01122316453910348 "BOSTON (AP) - A preliminary test found explosives in the sneakers of a passenger whose attempt to detonate the substance forced a Miami-bound airliner to be diverted to Boston under fighter jet escort." ... "Several passengers said Saturday's flight was routine for the first two or three hours, but then some smelled something burning - perhaps matches, perhaps plastic. Since smoking was prohibited on the flight, an attendant went to investigate. Passengers said the female flight attendant, whose name was not immediately released, jumped on Raja and screamed, ``He bit me! He bit me!'' "Four men pounced on Raja, passengers said, and wrestled burning materials from his hand. The men held Raja while other passengers handed over belts to tie him. Some passengers described the rest of the flight as tense. Some people laughed at the movie, the comedy ``Legally Blonde,'' but some wondered if there were accomplices. ``Some thought this was a terrorist attack,'' said Geoffrey Bessin, a New York-born software designer who lives in France. ``A lot of others thought it was taken care of, and nothing bad happened, so let's go back to our movie.''" Umm... what the fuck? Is it just me or is there something sorely wrong with this picture? 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted December 24, 2001 comming from http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/12/23/plane.investigation/index.html:James said that when the man was being restrained, he uttered the words in English: "You'll see. You'll all see." With law enforcement boarding the plane upon landing, the man said: "It will happen the way it's supposed to happen. The way it was written to happen." I just saw the picture of him, dude looks evil. 0 Share this post Link to post
deadnail Posted December 24, 2001 Man... WTF. It's Christmas and this asshole is trying to detonate his Nikes on a plane. People suck. 0 Share this post Link to post
ShadyXMR Posted December 24, 2001 I doubt it even was C4 as the media is claiming. Now they're making passengers take off their shoes when going through checkpoints. GREAT. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted December 24, 2001 on the site I linked to above said that it wasn't C4. 0 Share this post Link to post
Rubilacxe Posted December 24, 2001 What a horrible thing to do so close to Xmas. Damn this world... 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted December 24, 2001 if they don't do something about the security, sooner or later one will blow up. This seriously doesn't look like it's about to die out. 0 Share this post Link to post
fodders Posted December 24, 2001 You can try to blow up C4 with a match as long as it takes an American to recognise irony trust me , it won't happen 0 Share this post Link to post
deadnail Posted December 24, 2001 From what I hear he was trying to use the match to light the detonator, and that doesn't make much fucking sense either really. If it were a genuine terrorist them shoes woulda gone off, so I guess we should thank our lucky stars this guy was a fuckwit. =) 0 Share this post Link to post
Crendowing Posted December 24, 2001 ...as it takes an American...As Rub would say, damn this world. Loosen up. The revolution ended over 200 years ago, and you Brits are still bitter about it. If it makes you feel any better Fods, I'm proud to be mostly British :) 0 Share this post Link to post
Kid Airbag Posted December 24, 2001 So we're positive this guy isn't Al Qaeda or anything, he's just a random psycho fucktard? 0 Share this post Link to post
ShadyXMR Posted December 24, 2001 on the site I linked to above said that it wasn't C4. Precisely. The TV media is bullshitting right now (at least in my area). 0 Share this post Link to post
IMJack Posted December 24, 2001 You can't detonate C4 with just a match. Charlie-Four is one of the most stable explosives in existance. You can light it on fire, it won't go off. You can step on it, it won't go off. But do not step on it if it's on fire... 0 Share this post Link to post
spank Posted December 24, 2001 Thankfully he wore Nike sneakers. I would go mad if those were Adidas. 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted December 24, 2001 I wonder if Nike sales will go down thanks to this. 0 Share this post Link to post
SteelPH Posted December 24, 2001 the worst part is that everyone is gonna think DooM is the cause the Nike detonation 0 Share this post Link to post
nxn Posted December 24, 2001 Yup now the doom marine in doom3 will be wearing Nikes to get their sales up again. That is if you'll be able to see the lower part of they body when you look down. 0 Share this post Link to post
danarchist Posted December 25, 2001 Ironicaly, Nikes were made by child labor in 3rd world countries at a nickel a piece. If this idiot was trying to fight American opression, he was taking the wrong aproach. :P And in a case of double Irony, 'Everything Counts' just started playing on Winamp when I began writing this. 0 Share this post Link to post