Aero-Mexico Boeing 737 hijacked in Cancun

[Modelworks]

104 passengers on board. 3 hijackers with explosives , landed in Mexico city , demanding to speak to Mexican President.

Plane is on the ground, but no other info.

Info from Fox news & CNN.

Landed at 2:40PM EST. So not a lot of news just yet.

 

[blackangst1]

Watching this now...could be interesting. They "took control of the airport". Hmmmm

 

[daveymark]

if anything, it's probably a bunch of bolivians wanting to speak with the mexican president

 

[evident]

think it's drug gang related?? this would be a huge embarassment for the mexican gov't if so

 

[jonks]

And we put Wesley Snipes in prison? goddamnit

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: evident
think it's drug gang related?? this would be a huge embarassment for the mexican gov't if so

that's like saying an exposed bra strap is an embarrassment to a hooker

 

[GoPackGo]

Hmm...maybe Hijackings will be en vogue once again

 

[blackangst1]

Originally posted by: daveymark
if anything, it's probably a bunch of bolivians wanting to speak with the mexican president

Its Columbians. And all paying passengers are now off the plane, but they have kept the crew. No new demands except to talk to Felipe Calderón.

 

[bamacre]

Originally posted by: blackangst1
Calderón.

I thought he was dead. Didn't he kill Tubbs' brother?

 

[evident]

ok, so why did the hijackers just give up?

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: evident
ok, so why did the hijackers just give up?

From the video it looks like Mexican Federal Police stormed the plane, and no explosives were found.

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Heh, divine revelation.

"A 44-year-old Bolivian drug addict and alcoholic who describes himself as a church minister was responsible for the brief hijacking Wednesday of a commercial jetliner, a Mexican official said.

The suspect -- Jose Mar Flores -- told authorities he hijacked the jet because the date -- September 9, 2009, or 9/9/9, and 666 reversed -- held some significance for him, said Genaro Garcia Luna, the secretary for public safety.

"He said that because of that divine reference he wanted to alert Mexico City of an earthquake," Garcia told reporters. "

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/...index.html#cnnSTCVideo

 

[babylon5]

A good example of religious faith.

 

[CrackRabbit]

Originally posted by: PieIsAwesome
Heh, divine revelation.

"A 44-year-old Bolivian drug addict and alcoholic who describes himself as a church minister was responsible for the brief hijacking Wednesday of a commercial jetliner, a Mexican official said.

The suspect -- Jose Mar Flores -- told authorities he hijacked the jet because the date -- September 9, 2009, or 9/9/9, and 666 reversed -- held some significance for him, said Genaro Garcia Luna, the secretary for public safety.

"He said that because of that divine reference he wanted to alert Mexico City of an earthquake," Garcia told reporters. "

http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/...index.html#cnnSTCVideo

I hope that god likes visiting him in MFPMITAP.

 

[JSt0rm]

so how many of us thought middle eastern terrorists before clicking the link

 

[Schadenfroh]

Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
so how many of us thought middle eastern terrorists before clicking the link

My first thought was South American Marxist and/or drug related terrorists.

 

[halik]

Wow good thing that didn't happen here, because the other people on the plane would FUCK HIM UP. Plane hijacked with "bombs" 2 days before 9/11 anniversary... I know I ain't gonna sit in the back of the plane and wait to get flown into a building.

 

[Fear No Evil]

Wait.. OP is quoting Fox News as a source. Shouldn't this just be disregarded as a staged event or an outright lie?

 

[seemingly random]

Originally posted by: Fear No Evil
Wait.. OP is quoting Fox News as a source. Shouldn't this just be disregarded as a staged event or an outright lie?

Very possibly. Although maybe, after running it past their political officer, they couldn't find any way to put a repug spin on it and just ran with the truth.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: babylon5
A good example of religious faith.

No.

 

[Jaskalas]

Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
so how many of us thought middle eastern terrorists before clicking the link

There weren't Americans targeted so that really wouldn't make sense.

 

[BoberFett]

Originally posted by: JSt0rm01
so how many of us thought middle eastern terrorists before clicking the link

Nice. Bigot.