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CNN is reporting: Federal Air Marshal fires weapon on a plane on the runway at Miami Interantional Airport.
~It was just a matter of time.
needs more details.
he then ran off the plane and sped off in a white Bronco...
A weapon was fired on an American Airlines plane as it was on the runway at Miami International Airport on Wednesday, authorities confirmed. The weapon was apparently fired by a federal air marshal on board the plane, which was on a stopover during a flight from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando, Florida, police said.
Shots fired on Jet at Miami Airport
More to follow....
A federal official told CNN that the passenger was shot by a federal air marshal, who felt the passenger was acting in a threatening manner. A senior administration official added that the passenger claimed to have a bomb in his carry-on luggage.
An air marshal told the passenger to stop, and he did not, the official said, adding that the marshal fired after the passenger reached into his carry-on bag.
The weapon was fired on the Jetway to Flight 924, which was on a stopover in Miami during a flight from Medellin, Colombia, to Orlando, Florida, police said.
The Boeing 757, which can hold about 180 passengers, was due to take off for Orlando at 2:18 p.m. ET.
Footage from the scene showed police cars and what appeared to be SWAT vehicles surrounding the plane. Several officers wielding rifles were running toward and around the plane.
Passenger is now officially dead. Apparently there was no bomb.
Still, if what they're reporting now is accurate, I'd say the Air Marshal did his job.
cuz he said "bong" not bomb.
I think he said "It's not like I have a bomb" and they shot him.
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I think he said "you ever see Gigli? I heard it bombed."
Maybe he was headed towards the head to drop a bomb?
He may have been playing bomberman.
I hope the pilots weren't bombed.
The passenger was telling everyone else of all the Jager Bombs he had the previous night.
kudos to the air marshall, he did nothing wrong
That was it!!!
If was the air marshall and I heard the word bomb, I wouldn't shoot to kill, but shoot to disarm, in the leg or arm maybe. But, I'm pretty suprised if he DID have a bomb it didn't show up through security.
I think they checked, and found no bomb.
Yeah, what a crime there. right SA210
That's a good way to get other people killed. Nice job.
Hands and legs are too hard to hit. That's why people are trained to shoot CENTER OF MASS. You protect yourself AND you better protect innocent bystanders.
Shooting guns out of people's hands and running shots into someone's legs are nothing more than Hollywood bull .
Air marshalls rule.
I think the air marshal did a great job, this is entirely the victims fault.
Dude was off his meds...not his fault, either. Tragic event.
There were TWO air marshalls on that flight (I wonder if they are on more flights than we have been led to believe)? Note to terrorists - look out.
From what I hear, they base the amount of air marshalls on flights to the percieved threats that could come from those flights.
So a flight from Dallas to SA might have one, while a flight from Colombia to the States would have more.
I don't think there is a guilty party in this mess. I mean you can't blame the marshal for having reacted that way, its his job, and the guy was talking about a bomb, and yet you can't blame the guy either because apparently he was ill. Its just a tragic turn of events.
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