Passenger Steals $238,000 By Crawling Through Airplane Bathroom
- Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:24pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A man walks into an airplane bathroom, tears it apart, sneaks into the cargo hold, and leaves with $238,000. It happened, police say.
The incident occurred on a recent inter-Caribbean flight, and it has the makings of an elaborately planned heist. Foxnews.com reports:
Police are seeking a man who complained he felt ill and spent most of the journey in the lavatory. In fact, he was removing panels to gain access to the hold in the rear of the plane.
Shortly before landing, the unnamed man — who was traveling with a woman who appeared concerned about his health — asked a flight attendant for an ambulance to meet him on the tarmac, witnesses said.
When the ambulance arrived, the man said he felt suddenly better and walked out of the airport without having to go through the normal security checks and disappeared, police said.
The woman was reportedly questioned but did not have any of the missing money.
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Comments (87)
RugDog
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 6:25pmIf he’s that clever. He earned it.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 6:04pmSounds as if he was a congressman…if so he will never get caught.
Report Post »jeromeGman
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:53pmIf we can get Poirot on this case, it can be solved. Is he still alive. Maybe he had a son or daughter.
Report Post »We need a great detedtive on this case to solce it and weite a book and make a movie.
We have a kaly anthony case in Orlando, Florida that is going to rake in millions when this case is over.
Lantern
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 11:43pmYou mean Jacques Clouseau.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:37pmIt was a “crappy job” but someone had to do it!
Report Post »mrsmileyface
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:17pmIts D.B. Cooper not D.C.
Report Post »Rightsofman
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:11pmAren’t cargo holds on planes unpressuized? Was this flight a wave skimmer? Did he use his bare hands or did he bring a screw driver with him that the TSA missed when they did the cavity search. If so was it a regular head or phillips head? Was the take in cash or money orders or travelers checks or gold from Goldline? If you get lots of other peopls money through incredible ingenuity is it still a crime? Seems like a paltry sum for the effort and risk – I mean we talk in billions and trillions these days 1 trillion = thousand billion…..but I digress….
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 11:13pmTSA is in USA. This was an inter-Caribbean flight.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:05pmThis story does not sound credible.
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:58pm“Snake On A Plane,” starring… Richard Dean Anderson, as a pseudo McGyver-meets-Jason Borne character. Get on that, J.J…
Report Post »terryhamilton
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:58pmUnlike DC Cooper this guy has some things going against him. I highly suspect he will be caught. He didn’t parachute out of the plane. He road an Ambulance and I am sure the EMP and other passengers will be able to provide a good description. Also he had a female co-conspiracier. The police have talked with her and know who she is. Putting a trace or trail on her will eventually lead to the guy. Maybe it will make for a book and someday a good movie. Unfortunately the title “Catch-Me-If-You-Can” has already been used.
Report Post »jim
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:56pmSounds like a movie, “Snake On A Plane.”
Report Post »Mahdi Al-Dajjal
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:52pmThis is the same guy who was last seen hanging around the men‘s room at the Hawaii’s Birth Records Repository shortly before the Governor there found out that Obama’s birth certificate was missing. Man, this guy is good!
Report Post »Jedi Master
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 12:31amThat’s funny.
Report Post »Obama bin Lyin
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:12pmThe guy had to be an airframe & powerplant tech
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The airframe guy certainly knew how the toilet was constructed! The powerplant guy… not so much… collusion perhaps???
Report Post »Obama bin Lyin
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:08pmJoeBtfsplk
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:40pm
He was upset because airlines only offer 1-ply toilet tissue.
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So he had ot tear up an airplane to steal 238,000 pieces of green toilet paper?
BMWmech
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:21pmExactly how did this guy know how much money and where it was at in the hold? Sounds kinda fishy.
Report Post »thejackal
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:01pmHopefully the currency wasn’t US dollars, or before you know it the $238,000 will be worth about $.37. Brilliant heist though. The guy had to be an airframe & powerplant tech or just a brilliant researcher, and to know the protocol on the airport security re: the ambulance disception…. Bloody brilliant! I hope he gets away with it…No one was hurt, screw the airlines. He’s just too damn good.
Report Post »Mr. Mambo
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 10:00pmLove this thief! Can hardly wait for the movie! Good for him and his lady friend. What a genius!
Report Post »Jack007
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:46pmWell at least he wasn’t sponging off tax payers collecting well-fair.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:58pmI dunno — That may have been the “Obama stash!”
Report Post »JoeBtfsplk
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:40pmHe was upset because airlines only offer 1-ply toilet tissue.
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:39pmToo many unknowns to comment. Give us more, Jonathon.
Report Post »onegodinkansas
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:38pmBuy gold, quick!! Those dollars will soon be worthless!
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 6:01pmfrom my calculations,(of which I am not a mathematician) that would end up being about 80,000.00 sad he had a gr8 plan as far as thiefs go but the money is paultry by todays standards
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:38pmThou shalt not steal.
Report Post »jman35
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:38pmWow! Where did he get the money?
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:45pmExactly whose money was it. From the story in was in the plane’s hold. How long did it take to discover that it was gone? This is a teaser (and a whodunit).
Report Post »Dale
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:48pmShould have added, what drug kinkpin is now looking for the erstwhile traveler?
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:55pmlolol….cqn you say Electronic transfer….serves the dolt right for trveling with that kind of cash
Report Post »Oil_Robb
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:56pm@ DALE…..when the luggage went round and round and the silver case didnt show up
Report Post »teddie888
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:36pmWhat normal security checks to EXIT airport?
Report Post »psycodad36
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:58pmexactly’,you get an anal exam walking in but lucky if you get a (buh bye) on the way out
Report Post »Dick Blitskreig
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:29pmI like that!
Report Post »Dustyluv
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:55pmU like thiefs? You are an idiot then…
Report Post »WAR PIGS CRAWLING
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:38pmDon’t steal……the gov’t hates competition.
Report Post »Its Gonna Getcha
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:29pmD. C. Cooper again!
cheezwhiz
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:33pmHow did he know that there was so much money there ?
Report Post »LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:01pmI’m with you cheezwhiz..there’s got to be more to this story
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:20pm@CHEEZ
I wondered that also … inside job?
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:33pmOf course the woman didn’t have any of the missing money! If they were smart enough to pull a heist like that, knowing proceedures, certainly they wouldn’t be stupid enough to leave any of the money with her. More details would be good.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:55pmYes, and like Cooper, he most likely will never be found if he plays it smart.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 3:58pmGrandmaof5:
I have to agree with you, there should be more details released about this matter; with it just being an inside job, or is there more not being let out, such as if more than just the money had up and gone missing? While not likely, it is still possiblility to be taken into account, such as if there were set of jewelry and the like someone did not want made public on its dissaperance.
Report Post »Creestof
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:06pmWow! That equals what the airlines charge for checking each bag …on about 150 flights!
Report Post »Marcobob69
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:13pmSays a lot about “airport security”!!! They are too busy feeling people up and taking pornographic pictures than to be bothered with ROBBERY!!
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:18pmAnd, SNOW, how long would someone have to stay in the lavatory before an attendant would worry about a heartattack, stroke, etc., and how did they get tools through check-in to take down the panels? What were the take-off and destination points? Where’s the National Enquirer when you need them?
Report Post »Hope all is well with you today and that your arm is better. What is your kitty’s name again? Going down to 40 tonight which will really trick the new growth on plants – they thought global warming was coming back and they could start growing again. Ooops!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 4:47pm@Grandmaof5
Good points, most likely one or more of the plane crew was in on the take or such. Enjoy the cool weather while it lasts, summer be a coming soon enough.
Report Post »Showtime
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:19pmCrook Collects Cash by Crawling to Cargo
Report Post »bobodu
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:46pmD.C.Cooper??
It’s too bad you only read the history Beck tells you to read..or you would know it’s D.B.Cooper.
Report Post »Oahujack
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:50pmI think that was DB Cooper
Report Post »Midwest Blonde
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 5:53pmD B Cooper… not D C
Report Post »what4
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 7:16pmBut this time it worthless Obama Bucks!
Report Post »Common_Stonefly
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 9:14pmdb cooper
Report Post »aLinedog
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 4:19pm@Bob
Report Post »You’re an idiot. So wrapped up in your self-hate and narcissism; it blinds you to the simplest of Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting. You‘re rabid need to prove Glenn ’wrong’ -and thereby gain some measure of recognition from your peers- has warped you. So much so that it denies your brain simple functions.
More than likely the respondent, as myself, remembered the heist and got the initials wrong himself. All I could recall was Cooper; I’d bet you also had to look it up, and did, so you could then yell, ‘AH-HAH!’ and point a finger at Mr. Beck.
Get a life you close-minded simpleton.
-Linedog
TruthTalker
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 2:29pmSuper sneaky!
Report Post »GrannyATL
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 9:43pmOkay, so where did the money come from?
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 10:58pmI would have been caught immediately – I can’t be a thief – I wear it on my face!!
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banjarmon
Posted on March 6, 2011 at 11:56pmThis was an inside JOB.
Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 7:36amWas it TSA????!!!!!
Report Post »dontbotherme
Posted on March 7, 2011 at 5:06pmGranny— I agree. Where did the money come from?
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on March 8, 2011 at 1:24pmSorry, I’m not buying this story.
Report Post »1. How did the passenger know the cargo hold contained a suitcase with money?
2. How could the passenger count on the bag to be accessible?
3. No one noticed the plane being taken apart?
4. I’m lucky if I have room to get the door closed, let alone find a passageway out of the bathroom.
5. This one has “inside job” written all over it.
Beware of Romans
Posted on March 9, 2011 at 10:36amI’m with Secret Squirrel on this one.
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