Police: Shot fired on jet at Miami airport

[Schizo]

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A weapon was fired on an American Airlines plane as it was on the runway at Miami International Airport on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.

It was the Air Marshall who fired the shot... more to come.

 

[tomchamp]

MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- A weapon was fired on an American Airlines plane as it was on the runway at Miami International Airport on Wednesday, authorities confirmed.

It was the Air Marshall who fired the shot... more to come.

They are saying he shot someone who claimed to have a bomb. But we don't need Air Marshalls!

 

[kwillia]

Television news networks, citing American Airlines personnel, said the incident occurred in a jetway. CNN quoted an unnamed source as saying that the air marshal pursued an individual who claimed to have a bomb and did not stop when ordered to do so.

 

[cattitude]

He was probably distraught about this .

 

[kwillia]

He was probably distraught about this .

It was the docking thing that turned you wasn't it...

 

[cattitude]

It was the docking thing that turned you wasn't it...

Surely you've heard not to eff with me.

 

[StarCat]

He was probably distraught about this .

 

[PrchJrkr]

He was probably distraught about this .

 

[cattitude]

CNN just reported the guy died.

 

[itsbob]

CNN just reported the guy died.

translates to "GOOD SHOT PLACEMENT". Air Marshals must be bettter trained at marksmanship then most cops.. usually takes 6 cops and 50 rounds or more to kill someone. Money well spent!!

One less criminal to jam up the court system.

 

[aps45819]

translates to "GOOD SHOT PLACEMENT". Air Marshals must be bettter trained at marksmanship then most cops.. usually takes 6 cops and 50 rounds or more to kill someone. Money well spent!!

This was the topic of discussion in the smoking lounge. One guy was saying he was at a skeet range with a marshel that was shooting skeet with his pistol. Guess if you're going to be shooting on a pressurized plane, you better not miss.

 

[Bushy23]

Man was mentally ill

That's what this article says:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/national/07cnd-plane.html?hp

 

[2ndAmendment]

One less nut to jam up the court system.

:fixed:

 

[willie]

This was the topic of discussion in the smoking lounge. One guy was saying he was at a skeet range with a marshel that was shooting skeet with his pistol. Guess if you're going to be shooting on a pressurized plane, you better not miss.

I sure hope there was a lot of empty space down range.

The guy on the airplane got pissed at his wife, wouldn't take his meds so he got shot.

 

[harleygirl]

That's what this article says:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/national/07cnd-plane.html?hp

I read the article, I see he was mentally ill So was Charles Manson, Jeffrey Dahlmer, and so on. The air marshall did a great job. Besides, it just means more prozac for me!!

 

[AK-74me]

This was the topic of discussion in the smoking lounge. One guy was saying he was at a skeet range with a marshel that was shooting skeet with his pistol. Guess if you're going to be shooting on a pressurized plane, you better not miss.

Yeah we do this too, but they are set up as targets on the range, not flying through the air like you would shoot skeet with a shotgun. I am not saying that the dude is not a good shot, I am sure he is but shooting a flying skeet with a single projectile out of a handgun no less is damn near impossible. Also no real range would would allow a handgun round to be fired at flying skeet. It is too dangerous because of the angle you would be shooting at would allow for that bullet to travel a hell of a long way.

 

[itsbob]

I dunno.. think enough practice I could do it. Give me tracers to practice with, I'm sure I can correct well enough to hit it fairly consistently, then switch to non-tracer. Start with "rabbits" then move on to "pigeons".

Think I just saw footage of a guy doing the same thing with a re-curve bow.. NOTHING is impossible, and this was the warm up shot for him to shoot a nickle out of the air with the same bow.

 

[itsbob]

That's what this article says:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/07/national/07cnd-plane.html?hp

key word WAS.. he WAS mentally ill.. He's been cured!!

 

[sleuth]

I feel bad for the wife.
What a terrible way to lose a husband.

Still, I don't blame the air marshall. I would like to think I'd have done the same thing.

The dead guy was an idiot though.
He knew he had a mental illness. And yet he walks into airport without having taken his medication, knowing full well that he might lose it in an area where security levels are intended to be high. Sure, maybe he can't be counted on to take his medicine because he's mentally ill, but from what I've heard he was bipolar. My limited understanding of bipolar disorder is that people are conscious of their actions even during a mood swing.

Just feel bad for his wife. Could you imagine being in her shoes and watching this unfold? And your cries falling on deaf ears?

I don't know if we've got the whole story yet.
But based on what we know so far, it's a sad situation all around.

 

[jazz lady]

"When something threatens passenger, crew or safety of airplane, you take whatever steps are necessary to protect yourself," he said. "If they were telling the guy not to reach in the bag, as soon as the guy reached in the bag, that's a situation that necessitates the use deadly force."

They had no way of knowing what his wife said was true or even WHO she was. Although it is very sad the way it unfolded, but they have to protect the passengers and crew of the plane first and foremost.