FBI Accepts New Evidence in Cold Case of Hijacker D.B. Cooper
A day before Thanksgiving in 1971, a man only known to authorities as D.B. Cooper jumped out of a hijacked airplane with $200,000 and parachuted into the night.
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FBI Arrests Woman Accused of Setting Fire to Blankets During Flight
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI arrested a woman who set fire to two blankets while aboard a Puerto Rico-bound flight from New York City’s John F. Kennedy. According to the statement by the FBI, passenger Idializ Gomez was a passenger on a JetBlue aircraft when she “utilized a lighter to ignite and successfully damage…
FBI: Flight Attendant Set Fire in Airplane Bathroom, Then Played Hero by Extinguishing Flames
An American Airlines flight attendant is accused of setting an airplane bathroom on fire, forcing an emergency landing in Detroit.
TSA Shocked After Discovering Children with Grenade, Hatchet at Florida Airports
It would have been a shocking discovery no matter who was found trying to carry the potential weapons onto airplanes at two Florida airports.
Texas Man Accused of Lying to FBI about Joining ISIS
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas man has been arrested after lying to the FBI about his allegiance to ISIS, according to a criminal complaint. NBC DFW reports that Bilal Abood, 37, of Mesquite, faces up to eight years in prison for making a false statement to the FBI. http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/FBI-Mesquite-Man-Pledged-Allegiance-to-ISIS-Leader-303803121.html A licensed security guard, Abood…
FBI Pulls Cybersecurity Expert from Plane After Blowing Whistle on Vulnerabilities
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A cybersecurity expert who recently exposed vulnerabilities in airplane technology systems is now a target of the FBI, Fox News reports. Chris Roberts, of the Colorado-based security firm One World Labs, said two FBI agents and two uniformed cops removed him from a commercial flight after landing in Syracuse on Wednesday…
Lawsuit: TSA Responsible for Spilled Urn That Contained Remains of Man’s Mother
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Cleveland man was on his way to Puerto Rico to spread his mother’s cremated remains in the Caribbean Sea. But when Shannon Thomas opened his bag, he discovered that his mom’s ashes had spilled all over the suitcase with a TSA inspection notice, the Cleveland Scene reports. In a lawsuit…
US Military Man Charged With Trying to Bring Explosives on Plane
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A member of the US military has been charged after being detained at a Texas airport over the weekend for attempting to board a plane with explosives wrapped in military-grade wrapping, the Associated Press reports. Trey Scott Atwater was stopped by security at the Midland International Airport around 9 a.m. on…