Philadelphia Airport Closed After Jeep Crashes Through Gate Onto Airfield
- Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:35pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Philadelphia International Airport was briefly shut down Thursday morning after a black Jeep Cherokee drove through a gate onto the airfield.
Philadelphia ABC affiliate WPVI-TV reported a 24-year-old male was in police custody after crashing his vehicle into the unmanned gate around 10 a.m. Witnesses said he had been parked outside the gate and seemed to be waiting to time the crash as one flight came in for a landing. As the plane approached, he accelerated through the gate and onto the airport property.
Police said officers stopped the vehicle before it made its way onto the runway. The man, whose name has not yet been released, was apprehended and taken to airport police headquarters.
An initial police search of the vehicle turned up no explosives or dangerous materials.
All air traffic was temporarily shut down as a precaution. Local Fox affiliate WTXF-TV reported flights were taking off again by 11:52 a.m.
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The Realist
Posted on March 2, 2012 at 1:10pmSo another Muslim attempting to kill people huh? figures.
Report Post »tharpdevenport
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 11:31pmThat picture of him is less than flattering. You could put him in a cliched neandertahl wear, and put a club in his hand, and it would fit.
Report Post »mario
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:20pmOnly in a JEEP!!!!! Yea Hawwww!!
Report Post »John C in PA
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 8:03pmI have to take my freakin’ shoes off to get to the gate but any jerk can just crash thru the gate. Good security Philly Airport. That’s twice in 3 weeks. I feel so safe. NOT.
Report Post »thegreatcarnac
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 4:43pmUsually when the news declines to say anything about a perp….. he is black. If he’d been a white male they would have already given his name, his picture, his address and the words ‘white male’ would be prevalent. If a criminal commits a crime,..even a heinous crime, and he is black…..the news would swear the crime was committed by some miracle and no one was involved.
Report Post »redgypsy
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 2:13pmwanna bet the name is muslim?
Report Post »NOT Bob, or John, or Mike…..
Bonnieblue2A
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:54pmWhere was TSA and their radiation scanners? Why not at the gates of the runways providing real security? Why no feeling up this driver while he stalked the gate? Is that priviledge of invasive security only a farce to humiliate travelers?
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:33pm.
Report Post »Abdual on a dry run most likely. If it is a Muslim. This story wil be buried before the sun goes down……..
Bonnieblue2A
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:42pmOr, a false flag to justify bombing Iran this weekend. It wouldn’t be the first time.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:53pm.
Report Post »I think that will be started by a Naval Encounter, with Iran……
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:55pmJeeps don’t drive themselves. ABC reported this, is it no wonder why they didn’t mention WHO it was that drove the Jeep? If it had been a White male, Tea Party member, it would have been the first words on the report. I guess we will find out, eventually.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:28pmThose darned Amish dairy farmers and their raw milk! Oh wait, never mind.
Report Post »NJTMATO
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:51pmPractice????
Report Post »saneromeo
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:50pmI bet it was a Joe, or a Bob….almost certainly…
Report Post »hi
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:49pmMust be Muslim or they would have written “white,cracy Christian male.”
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:55pmThat was my thought!
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:47pmIf his purpose was to endanger the plane, hitting it or forcing it to try to avoid hitting him as it landed would be enough. Explosives wouldn’t necessay.
Report Post »Ayla_me
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:55pmI think the police should have shot him to death at the time, just in case. We must STOP suspicious activity of this sort, that is a clear and present danger.
Report Post »Bonnieblue2A
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 1:33pm@Ala-Me, You know that would have been exactly what El-Al security would have done. Set an example that attempts to cause harm will not be tolerated. Send the message loud and clear.
The better question is why was their no security armed with an “assault rifle” and fully loaded 30 rnd magazine guarding that airport gate? Are we supposed to take DHS/TSA security measures seriously when the holes are gaping like this example? Or, is the real intent to control Americans and strip their freedoms in the name of terrorism?
Ron Paul 2012!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 1, 2012 at 12:41pmWonder what the guys name is ?…… any online “associations” …
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