Flight 253

[Lady's Human]

One question:

When was the last El Al flight taken out?

[Grace]

One question:

When was the last El Al flight taken out?

Don't forget Southwest

Let's see, Richard Reid and his shoe bomb happened about 8 years ago. As far as I can recall, this is the first incident of this type since then.

How many planes have taken off and landed, world wide, in those 8 years?

[Lady's Human]

Point being, El Al has very strict screening for their flights.

However, it's based on suspect profiling, biometric monitoring and intelligence feeds from military and civilian sources. It is very, very thorough, and would never pass muster with certain political interests in the US.

They're more concerned with making sure that an 80 y/o grandmother is given the same security screening as a 23 y/o arab male who bought a one way ticket 2 hours before the flight with cash.

[RICHARD]

Point being, El Al has very strict screening for their flights.

However, it's based on suspect profiling, biometric monitoring and intelligence feeds from military and civilian sources. It is very, very thorough, and would never pass muster with certain political interests in the US.

They're more concerned with making sure that an 80 y/o grandmother is given the same security screening as a 23 y/o arab male who bought a one way ticket 2 hours before the flight with cash.

El Al?

I heard they do a rectal/prostate exams and Pap smears to all passengers-just in case.

El Al?

Hasta te hablan a tu mama a ver si eres un maldito!!.


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Let's play devil's advocate here.

For all the flights to and from the U.S. EVERYONE has to be screened.

You have to remember that they screenings probably are not as detailed/involved for passengers at every airport. Foreign officials do not
want to tick the locals off and certainly do not want any 'foreign' carrier's plane to land in THEIR back yard.

Best to get the 'Muricans" out of your hair.


To even THINK that tighter screening in the U.S. will prevent something like a jacking or bombing here is very interesting.

I love unicorns and Leprachauns and all that is make-believe.


Last El Al flight successfully jacked? 1969. Even they couldn't pull off an 'undefeated season'.

[Lady's Human]

Most of the methods used by El AL were implemented BECAUSE of the spate of jackings and attempted bombings they had in '68-'70.

Hasn't happened since.

Not saying it won't, no system is perfect, but the current system, despite what Sec. Napolitano said, is severely broken.

[RICHARD]

Not saying it won't, no system is perfect, but the current system, despite what Sec. Napolitano said, is severely broken.

Agreed.

What makes me laugh is the way the story "reads".

'How did this idiot make it past U.S. authorities?' Which authorities are these?

First we have to see how this joker got on board.

Then, we make changes according to that story.

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The bright side of this story?

The terrorists have been thinking of ways to get explosives onto aircraft.

Back to the drawing board for them! I love inept terrorists.



BTW?

I wonder why any group would claim responsibility for a botched move like that?

[Medusa]

I wonder why any group would claim responsibility for a botched move like that?

Cranial rectosis.