BREAKING: Latest on Reagan Int'l Airport Situation

A U.S. Army Blackhawk helicopter [Sikorsky UH-60] and an American Airlines regional jet crashed into the frigid waters of the Potomac River at around 8:48 p.m. Wednesday night. The jet was in the process of landing at Reagan International Airport.

Chief of District of Columbia Fire Department John Donnelly gave the sad news, "we don't think there are any survivors from this accident.” The fact is, being that the water in the river is around 35 degrees F. the probability that anyone remains alive is practically zero.

“We have recovered 27 people from the plane and one from the helicopter,” the Chief added.

“Despite all these efforts, we are now at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation,” he also said.

"The district office of the medical examiner has lead on reuniting these bodies and these people, with their loved ones," Donnelly added, "and we will continue to work to find all the bodies and collect them. and reunite them with their loved ones."

Aviation expert Kyle Bailey told Fox News Digital that "[I]t was a perfect storm of events [that happened last night]." He compared the tragic event to being struck by lightning and noted that it was "unfair to cast blame at this early stage."

“The U.S. military runs an incredible aviation operation,” he said. “But distractions do happen, and all humans make errors."

One possible reason this tragedy may have occurred is that the military uses UHF frequencies to communicate while civilian aircraft use VHF (Very High Frequency) generally between 118 MHz and 137 MHz. There could have been a miscommunication or delay that interrupted the flow of information needed to avoid the collision. Of course, it's too soon to speculate as this is a recent event.

I sincerely hope much is learned from this tragedy as it is investigated by the NTSB and FAA. 

May the friends and families of the victims find peace in their grieving. 

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If you're not for anti-Semitism, you ain't American Airlines

An elderly Jewish couple from Brooklyn, NY [my hometown] was removed from an American Airlines flight in August because they refused to place a sacred religious prayer shawl on the floor. They are suing the airlines and I hope they put them out of business.

Had the item been a Quran or a cross, you can bet your butt the flight attendant would not have said a word. But this couple are Orthodox Jews and the shawl is not to be put on the floor, just like Qurans are not meant to start a campfire, or a cross put on the ground to be stepped on.

Roberto and Elana Birman were heading home from Miami on Flight 322 when the “humiliating” incident occurred, they told The New York Post. 

Roberto is 76, and his wife is 71--easy targets. They had only a briefcase, a purse, and his Tallit bag--to hold the shawl known as a Tallit. The bag is about 8.5 inch square that holds the shawl and also contains Roberto's prayer book [known as a siddur]. The couple sat in aisle seats across from each other, The Post reported.

An American Airlines flight attendant began checking overhead bins ahead of take off, pulled the Tallit bag from the overhead bin, and asked, “Whose is this?”

When Roberto claimed it, she allegedly threw the bag on his lap and said it had to go under his seat, the couple said.

“It’s a religious item, it cannot go under the seat,” Roberto explained, removing his baseball cap to reveal his kippah, aka yarmulka, covering his head, and explaining that as an Orthodox Jew, he is forbidden to place the precious shawl on the floor.

“It doesn’t matter,” the attendant allegedly said indignantly and was unmoved.

“She was screaming at me and pointing her finger,” Roberto said.

The couple, who are married 52 years and have four kids, came to the U.S. in 1985 from Argentina, where they encountered frequent anti-Semitism, because anti-Semitism is frequently encountered throughout the world, because it's apparently more acceptable than certain statues and Trump voters.

“I couldn’t believe this was happening to me in America,” said Roberto, noting, “We use these items every single day to pray.”

“Nobody said a word. Nobody defended us. It was embarrassing,” she said, naive to the fact that most people are cowards and don't want to get involved.

There is a strong taboo in Jewish law against putting an item such as a Tallit bag on the floor, two rabbis asserted.

“It’s considered disgraceful,” said Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin. “It would be like taking a Bible or a Quran and dumping it on the floor,” he told The Post.

The American Airlines pilot approached the incident but didn’t speak to the couple, the Birmans said. Eventually, a ground crew member was called and urged them to follow him off the plane, they explained.

As soon as they were ushered out, the crew member allegedly told his coworkers, “Close the gate!”

“What are we, criminals?” Elana recalled thinking. She said her husband “was devastated.”

“It was out of proportion” to what had occurred, Roberto said, adding of the flight attendant who started it all, “She made me so nervous. I was shaking.”

The couple is suing American Airlines for damages.

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They were left without Roberto’s diabetes medications, which were in the checked luggage, got no help from the airline for securing food or a place to stay that night, and were forced to take a taxi to a friend’s home as a hurricane swept in.

“My clients were ejected from the flight based on the prejudices and complete lack of sensitivity of American Airlines employees for reasons wholly unrelated to security,” said their lawyer, Brad Gerstman, adding, “The flight attendant and pilot’s conduct was as offensive as it was illogical.”

An American spokesman said the airline is reviewing the lawsuit just like CNN reviewed Chris Cuomo's situation.

Don't fly on this airline if you respect the religious rights of all people, and if you want, you can tell them how you feel about anti-Semitism and religious hatred wherever it exists.

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American Airlines mechanic accused of sabotage fired by Alaska AIrlines

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani, 60, (AMMAA)  worked as an American Airlines mechanic since 1988 and simultaneously for Alaska Airlines from 1988. However, in 2008 he was fired after several maintenance screwups, some to the point at which the Federal Aviation Administration had to investigate, as per court documents from a failed discrimination lawsuit AMMAA filed. His mechanics license was briefly suspended by the FAA.

Meanwhile, American Airlines kept AMMAA on board.

In the latest case, he is accused of tampering with the navigation system on a scheduled Miami to Bahamas flight. He was arrested by the FBI on Thursday and charged with willfully damaging, destroying or disabling an aircraft in July after he was alleged to have used foam to obstruct a tube beneath the cockpit. 

Fortunately, the pilots discovered the problem via the aircraft warning system before takeoff of Flight 2834.

AMMAA was reportedly angry over stalled contract negotiations between the airline and mechanics union and claimed that did not want to hurt anyone. His aim was to delay or cancel the flight in order for him to collect overtime pay. He didn't let his past screwups get in the way to his decision-making.

Alani hadn’t had any major performance or disciplinary problems with American until he was suspended after his arrest, but there's always a first time for this guy.

And to add insult to potential injury, Alaska said it found at least three instances in which AMMAA was clocked in at both American and Alaska Airlines, according to Business Insider. It isn't known if he did that on his own, or had a co-conspirator assist in the deception.

Aviation experts said passengers were likely not at risk due to Alani’s tampering, but the most worrisome aspect of this case is how he fell through the cracks at American Airlines in the first place. 

Should the FAA have informed American Airlines about the problems AMMAA had with Alaska Airlines? After all, the FAA is the common denominator that was aware of his serious mistakes, license suspension and perhaps even his firing.

Abdul-Majeed Marouf Ahmed Alani is due to be arraigned September 20.

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American Airlines employee jailed for trying to bypass security, yells threats and racial slurs

An American Airlines employee is going to jail for 14 months after he tried to bypass a TSA checkpoint at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, and the cursed and shouted racial slurs at police and airport security after they turned him away.

Jordan Moore, 31, will also serve two years of supervised release in addition to the 14 months he will spend in lockup after a federal judge handed down his sentence.

Court documents said the incident occurred on March 30, 2017 at about 5:25 p.m. Moore attempted to bypass the airport's TSA pre-check line without a boarding pass. He was denied access to the express line by TSA officers.

Moore responded by calling the TSA supervisor a "b****ass n*****" and then threatened to "kick his ass" and kill him, the Charlotte Observer reported.

The undiagnosed idiot then tried to get through two other pre-check lines before American Airlines security agents and police told him he could not fly and ordered him to leave the airport.

As he was being escorted out of the airport by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Moore used the same racial slurs at the TSA supervisor and ran down a flight of stairs and jumped on a bus.

He returned two hours later and once again tried to get through the TSA checkpoint, proving the level of his stupidity.

A TSA officer who had seen his photo shared with security personnel, asked Moore to wait, but instead, the idiot walked to baggage screening and placed his luggage on the conveyor belt.

"I am not going to do a f***ing thing," he told an agent. "I am going in--just watch me."

Police approached Moore as he tried to continue with his baggage screening.

"You cannot stop me; I am an airline employee," he said to the police, according to the Charlotte Observer. 

Police tried to remove his personal items from the screening table and Moore tried to grab the bin from the officers. He cursed and told the police, "Don't touch my stuff!"

One officer tried to detain Moore who "violently resisted arrest." Five officers came to restrain him.

Moore pleaded guilty in November to one count of interfering with security personnel. He said he accepted responsibility "for what I actually did," but told the judge he "just wanted to go home" to see his family, find a job and apply to pharmacy school.

In spite of the fact that Moore shouted racial slurs, he has not been charged with a hate crime because he gets a free pass.


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CNN analyst and Bernie Sanders aide has airport meltdown

Bernie Sanders' (Communist- VT) press secretary and CNN analyst Symone Sanders was detained by police at NewYork's La Guardia Airport Thursday morning after going ballistic for apparently personal reasons.

Symone Sanders, 28, who may or may not be the illegitimate love-child of Bernie Sanders [this is currently under investigation by James Comey], was reportedly in line at the security checkpoint when TSA agents directed her to step out of line, PIX 11 reported. 

And she definitely stepped out of line as she began cursing like Tom Perez at a DNC meeting "in front of patrons and young children."

She was given a summons for disorderly conduct, according to PIX 11.

But this wasn't Sanders' first rodeo for airport shenanigans.

Last year American Airlines called the police on her after an incident occurred when she tried to check her luggage minutes before a flight to Los Angeles, according to Essence. 

"Wall Shtreet Sucks!"

The entitled prima donna tweeted that she didn't want to pay full price for a new ticket despite being a frequent flier of the airline. 

Apparently she made the flight on time but was clueless as to why the airlines called the police. Perhaps she needs to have better self-awareness.


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American Airline passenger 'cuts one' and passengers cut out

Raleigh, N.C. -- A passenger who farted about an American Airlines plane on Sunday afternoon had gas so potent that it forced all the passengers off the jet.

The problem occurred when passengers on the flight became ill with nausea and headaches, according to a spokesperson with Raleigh-Durham International Airport.

The unidentified flight landed at the airport around 4 p.m. when the fart was reported.

All the passengers were whisked off the plane and after the incident was investigated, it was determined that a passenger had farted, or "passed gas" as the official put it.

Flatulence evacuation of commercial aircraft is rather unusual and can be caused by certain medical conditions.

"One thing for certain," said one nauseous passenger, "it really isn't funny."

For another interesting story about this sensitive subject, go here.

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American Airlines passenger upset with masturbating seat-mate

Chloe King was heading from New York City to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, France. She had a window seat and a man sat in the middle while a woman sat by the aisle.

Catching a few zzz's in flight, she awoke to discover the guy next to her was masturbating while she slept.

So she wrote an essay about it for Medium saying that the woman seated on the masturbator's other side saw him doing it and told the flight attendant who allowed the woman by the aisle to change seats.

According to the essay, the guy was told that once they landed in Paris he would be arrested. However, King wasn't told nor awakened during the time the guy was 'being his own best friend' and only discovered what was happening after she awoke a while later, as the plane was descending toward Charles de Gaulle. It was only then that a flight attendant summoned her to the rear of the plane and informed her of what had happened, because "they just wanted to let me know."

"What they didn't do was wake me up and move me to a safe place," she wrote in her essay titled "We've Now Reached Creeping Altitude."

She said she wasn't allowed to switch seats like the other woman seated by the aisle was able to do.

"Instead, they made me climb back over the sex offender, trapped between him and the window for the rest of the flight. I was shaking and crying and trying not to get sick," said King.

So the question is, was she sleeping or was she crying? 

Once the plane landed, she said she was met with "blank stares" at the AA desk after reporting the crew's actions (or inactions, in her case). She also wrote how the airline sent her a "generic" email after escalating the matter to AA's legal department.

Now she is pleading with the everyone in the world not to fly with AA over what she says was a failure on their part to "protect [her] safety in a horrifying situation."

"You chose to treat the man committing the crime with far more respect than the unconscious woman sitting beside him," King wrote, addressing the airline directly. "As humans, we deserve more than that."

"Please choose any other airline," she posted on Facebook.

A spokesperson for AA responded to King's complaints in a statement they provided to the New York Daily News. 

"We are reviewing how we handled the situation on this flight, and have reached out directly to Ms. King."

The masturbator was reportedly taken into custody when he arrived in Paris. 

The man is obviously a wack job.


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American Airlines 'tough guy' hits a woman as she held her baby

(Photo: AP/Susan Walsh)

An American Airlines bald-headed stooge was removed from duty, not fired, after he "violently took a stroller from a lady with a baby" and hit her, according to a passenger who witnessed the AA "hero" in action.

American Airlines responded quickly to the video showing a sobbing mother with her baby in arm after the violent confrontation with a member of the flight crew.

The initial alleged confrontation wasn't in the video, but the woman was clearly shaken up and crying.

A male passenger is seen getting up from his seat saying that he wants the name of the worker who hit the woman. When another employee gets on the plane, the same passenger says, "Hey bud, hey bud. You do that to me, and I'll knock you flat." The bald-headed stooge worker answers, "You stay out of it." Later the worker says to the man, "Hit me."

He was possibly looking for a lawsuit or pretending that not only women, but men didn't scare him too. However, he looked frightened.


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The flight landed at 7:45 p.m. at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

American Airlines issued a statement minutes after the plane landed, acting a lot faster than United Airlines did when they had a passenger forcibly removed for not giving up his seat to a United Airlines worker.

The woman victim was upgraded to first class and put on another flight.

The statement said: "We have seen the video and have already started an investigation to obtain the facts. What we see on this video does not reflect our values or how we care for our customers. We are deeply sorry for the pain we have caused this passenger and her family and to any other customers affected by the incident. We are making sure all of her family's needs are being met while she is in our care."

When the company says that it "does not reflect our values," who is the "our" they are talking about. If this guy is an employee of the airline and he is allowed to remain an employee, then it does reflect their values. 

Disgusting!


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Proof that men are better at math

An American Airlines flight was delayed two hours because a woman thought her seat mate might be a terrorist.

Guido Menzio, an Ivy League professor of economics was working on a mathematical problem for a presentation he was preparing to give at Queens University, in Kingston, Ontario. 

The woman left the flight, claiming to feel ill, but then went to report that she believed the man she sat next to was a terrorist. Casey Norton, an American Airlines spokesman said the allegations about the math professor was not deemed credible, because math by itself is harmless.

Menzio was working on a differential equation, something beyond the pale of the idiot seat mate. The guy was not doing the "Allahu Akbar Shuffle" and wasn't even from the Middle East. He's an award-winning economist from Italy.

Relax, lady.

And since when do terrorists write stuff before blowing themselves up? It would be a waste of paper.

Menzio told the media that he was troubled by the woman's ignorance and also felt the security was "bazzo." 

"Issa no wondera Bernie Sanders issa doing so well. You people are 'stupido come lo sporco.'


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"Diet Coke Muslima Victim" Tied to Terrorists

A 31-year-old Muslima named Tahera Ahmad (no relation to Jeff Dunham's Achmed the Terrorist that we know of) serves as the Muslim chaplain at Northwestern University and has strong connections with the Muslim Brotherhood and radical Imams.

Ahmad (pronounced Achmed the Terrorist) claimed in a social media post this weekend that United Airlines discriminated against her because they treated her like every other passenger and did not allow her to have an unopened can of Coke. They allegedly explained that she was refused her request because the Coke can be used as a "weapon on the plane." At least that's what Ahmad said on her Facebook page.

She also claimed that a passenger told her, "You Moslem you need to shut the f - - k up." 

If I had a nickel for every person on a plane that told a Muslim woman to shut the f - - k up, I'd as rich as Hillary Clinton. I mean, don't you hear it all the time? People are always telling Muslims to tone it down. 

Of course the MSM is taking her side. Why not--it suits their agenda, which is that America is evil and Islam is the religion of peace.

But seriously, there is not a shred of evidence that this incident ever took place. This is the account of a woman who preaches the Koran, a book that says lying on behalf of furthering the Islamic cause is fine--in fact, they have a name for it: Taqiyya.

CAIR, the Council on American and Islamic Relations (which actually kind of suck, when you consider what Islam is doing in the world) have condemned United Airlines. In fact, back in 2001, they refused to allow Mohamed Atta fly that airline to downtown Manhattan and flew American Airlines instead. CAIR is considering a lawsuit against United, but they consider lawsuits against all infidels--it's called "lawfare."

Not one passenger corroborated any of Ahmad's claims and United says she's full of Shi'ite or Sunni.

Truth: Muslims have painted themselves as victims from the time Mohammad was chopping off Jewish and Christian heads and making the wives of the victims sex slaves. They invented the term "Islamophobia" because it shuts people up. Fear of terrorism isn't a phobia, it's a survival mechanism.

A little more on Ahmad: she is well-known to Yasir Qadhi who is often invited to speak at Ahmad's school. An audio tape of one of Qadhi's "sermons" called for Muslims to wage holy war against non-Muslims. He also claimed the Holocaust never happened, which tells you a little about Ahmad's leanings.

But in spite of other clear evidence of Ahmad's jihadist beliefs, we have to remember that she was recognized by President Obama as a leading "Muslim female in the United States." She also frequents the White House Ramadan dinners and agrees with Obama that Christians have committed plenty of atrocities during the Crusades so they should get off their high horses and bow their heads above that ditch over yonder.



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