Ned
08-25-2006, 07:48 PM
Whether or not the passenger was a terrorist, he certainly seriously endangered the aircraft, and at best he's an idiot. If the dynamite was old, it was very unstable and could have easily blown a big hole in the plane's fusilage, and brought it down. He needs to be prosecuted for recklessly disregarding, and endangering the lives of the passengers and crew of that aircraft, and the people in the airport.
Originally posted by CNN.com - August 25 2006
FBI: Dynamite found in luggage
U.S. student not involved in terrorism, U.S. officials say
(CNN) -- A college student was detained Friday after customs agents found what they suspected was dynamite in his checked luggage, but authorities said he was not involved in terrorism.
Authorities identified the man as Howard McFarland Fish, 21, a U.S. citizen from Connecticut. He was flying on Continental Airlines Flight 52 from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Houston, Texas, which landed at 6 a.m. Friday, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said.
"It has not been tested, but it's believed to be a half-stick of dynamite," Dunlap said of the item in Fish's luggage.
"The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force responded and determined that it was not an act of terrorism and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took Fish into custody. ICE is currently consulting with the U.S. attorney in Houston regarding possible criminal charges," ICE said in a statement.
The Associated Press reported the man attended LaFayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Reports indicate that the man had bomb-making components in his luggage.
In Buenos Aires, Marcelo Sain, head of Argentina's Airport Security Police, told local television that authorities found "a Coca-Cola bottle with mud, and inside it was a tube with ammonium nitrate, a little bit of dynamite and a detonator," according to Reuters.
In Houston, KTRK-13 quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the man had a blasting cap, a homemade fuse and a quarter-pound of ammonium nitrate, in addition to the dynamite.
Mark Mancuso, spokesman for the Houston Airport System, said he could not confirm the allegations but that "some additional items of contraband may have been found."
Two law enforcement sources told CNN that the additional items may have been bomb-making materials. The ICE statement said only that he had "prohibited explosive items."
The man was going through a "typical inspection" at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when the suspicious item was found, Mancuso said.
After discovering the item, customs agents called police, and a bomb-sniffing dog "came over and alerted on the item," Mancuso said, calling the canine's tip "a pretty good indication they were explosives."
The passenger said he had been exploring mines in Bolivia and purchased the dynamite as a souvenir, Mancuso said. It was removed from the airport and taken to a downtown Houston lab for analysis, he said.
The incident caused only minimal disruption in a small area of the airport, Mancuso said. The flight continued on to Newark, New Jersey.Go to FBI: Dynamite found in luggage (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/dynamite.plane/index.html) to read the entire article.
Originally posted by CNN.com - August 25 2006
FBI: Dynamite found in luggage
U.S. student not involved in terrorism, U.S. officials say
(CNN) -- A college student was detained Friday after customs agents found what they suspected was dynamite in his checked luggage, but authorities said he was not involved in terrorism.
Authorities identified the man as Howard McFarland Fish, 21, a U.S. citizen from Connecticut. He was flying on Continental Airlines Flight 52 from Buenos Aires, Argentina, to Houston, Texas, which landed at 6 a.m. Friday, FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said.
"It has not been tested, but it's believed to be a half-stick of dynamite," Dunlap said of the item in Fish's luggage.
"The FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force responded and determined that it was not an act of terrorism and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents took Fish into custody. ICE is currently consulting with the U.S. attorney in Houston regarding possible criminal charges," ICE said in a statement.
The Associated Press reported the man attended LaFayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Reports indicate that the man had bomb-making components in his luggage.
In Buenos Aires, Marcelo Sain, head of Argentina's Airport Security Police, told local television that authorities found "a Coca-Cola bottle with mud, and inside it was a tube with ammonium nitrate, a little bit of dynamite and a detonator," according to Reuters.
In Houston, KTRK-13 quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the man had a blasting cap, a homemade fuse and a quarter-pound of ammonium nitrate, in addition to the dynamite.
Mark Mancuso, spokesman for the Houston Airport System, said he could not confirm the allegations but that "some additional items of contraband may have been found."
Two law enforcement sources told CNN that the additional items may have been bomb-making materials. The ICE statement said only that he had "prohibited explosive items."
The man was going through a "typical inspection" at George Bush Intercontinental Airport when the suspicious item was found, Mancuso said.
After discovering the item, customs agents called police, and a bomb-sniffing dog "came over and alerted on the item," Mancuso said, calling the canine's tip "a pretty good indication they were explosives."
The passenger said he had been exploring mines in Bolivia and purchased the dynamite as a souvenir, Mancuso said. It was removed from the airport and taken to a downtown Houston lab for analysis, he said.
The incident caused only minimal disruption in a small area of the airport, Mancuso said. The flight continued on to Newark, New Jersey.Go to FBI: Dynamite found in luggage (http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/08/25/dynamite.plane/index.html) to read the entire article.