http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,17502305-2,00.html

The man, identified as Rigoberto Alcazar, 44, boarded the Orlando-bound plane in Miami, and once aboard, indicated he had a bomb, Mr Bauer said.

lol

bipolarness strikes again!

"There were no explosives," he said after the dead man's backpack was detonated shortly after the shooting

Except for the exploding backpack that is.

I assume it was detonated by them, much like that chinese guy's backpack.

yeah he was a mental patient.. Lol

seen it on cnn today

Haha go bauer, what a cainer.

jacks back woot

Jack Bauer Power hour!

24 ftw

starts january 15.

woo :D

Great, just what i need when i am about to start a 3 day flight trip back to australia... air paranoia.

just dont fly through the US and she'll be right

Not going anywhere near the U.S. but this type of thing makes all airports in the world a little "edgy" and slows procedures up no-end.

hah

way to get yourself shot and your luggage blown sky high

if you have bipolar disorder or something that might lead you to make bomb threats, stay on your drugs

I heard that the man's wife was running along behind him screaming "he's mentally ill" etc... So the americans pump him full of lead...

As they damn well should have imo. The twat was running from the plane, and yelling he had a bomb. It doesn't matter his wife was yelling he was mentally ill, the marshals would have had to make a decision in a split second: whether to gamble the safety of everyone on board and not shoot - or kill him to neutralise the threat. I think the marshals made the right decision. Would suck to be a marshal if they thought he was a crazy twat but he turns around and kills innocent people. They have to take all the threats seriously cause even though that crazy dude probably didn't deserve to die, the random bystanders don't deserve it either.

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i dont understand why they just dont use taser guns. they will neutralise the "threat", but also keep the people alive.

I heard that the man's wife was running along behind him screaming "he's mentally ill" etc... So the americans pump him full of lead...

Then he should have taken his pills or taken the bus.

Did anyone else hear the report on the radio this morning where they were making out like it was un-necessary force because the plane was still on the runway and hadn't taken off yet? That made no sense to me, are bomb threats less important if the plane isn't in the air of something? Is it less of a disaster if a few hundred people blow up on the runway instead of while in flight? Crazy!

He wasn't in the plane when he was shot, he was on the runway running towards the terminal.

Great, just what i need when i am about to start a 3 day flight trip back to australia... air paranoia.

So you are worried about sitting next to a mentally ill person? I dont get it

I heard that the man's wife was running along behind him screaming "he's mentally ill" etc

she was on a treadmill

^ gold

i dont understand why they just dont use taser guns. they will neutralise the "threat", but also keep the people alive.

Most of the time..

Did anyone else hear the report on the radio this morning where they were making out like it was un-necessary force because the plane was still on the runway and hadn't taken off yet? That made no sense to me, are bomb threats less important if the plane isn't in the air of something? Is it less of a disaster if a few hundred people blow up on the runway instead of while in flight? Crazy!

planes fall when they are blown up. ppl on ground go squeeshie

He wasn't in the plane when he was shot, he was on the runway running towards the terminal.

Ah ok, the report I heard made it sound like he was running down the inside of the plane.

Either way, still not like the marshalls had much of a choice, if he ran inside and blew up the terminal I'm sure it still wouldn't be a good thing.

god, that poor woman =(

I'd say she'll end up rich now! Hope they had life insurance.

f*** life insurance, sue the government for lots of phat loot

Yeah, sue the Government because a guy with mental illness didn't take his medication. Don't take responsibility or nothing, just blame everyone else. Its not the unmedicated crazy guy's fault, its the air marshalls' fault because they wanted to save innocent people from being blown up! Of course, I see it now! Damn those air marshalls.

Geez, what next? People suing McDonalds because they ate too much junk and got fat? Oh yeah...

They didnt shoot until he reached into his bag

i dont understand why they just dont use taser guns. they will neutralise the "threat", but also keep the people alive

Tasers have amazingly short range, are pretty lame if the person is wearing thick clothes or some sort of body armour, have a very small shot capacity and you have very little options if something goes wrong. Tradition guns on the other hand are much more effective in all of these cases.

In sort, tazers are for pussies. Guns are for men.

I heard that the man's wife was running along behind him screaming "he's mentally ill" etc

While he was screaming "I have a bomb in my bag and I am going to set it off!" then he starts reaching inside his bag. Imagine the f***fest that would have happened if the air marshall didn't shoot him and he really did have a bomb?

Excellent work by the air marshalls. Do you know how hard it is to hit something that is moving let alone accurately in a crowded environment? I wouldnt like to try that's for sure. They must have been awesome shots.

Also bombs going off anywhere near avgas is a no-no...big boom.

Also this might be a deterrent those f***nuts that are full of piss and 'joke' they have a bomb in their bag ect...on planes. The sister in law use to fly for Qantas for years and she tells me the number of times c*******s made that joke was ridiculous.



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Hehe

I don't think I've ever seen you swear before, Psycho. Is everything ok? Wanna talk about it?

8-)

I don't think I've ever seen you swear before, Psycho. Is everything ok? Wanna talk about it?

hehe I do swear, too much my wife reckons. I guess I just need a hug.

:P

bomb never mentioned?