Teen Accused Of Plot To Hijack Airliner, Crash Into 'Hannah Montana' Concert

[The Straight Story]

Teen Accused Of Plot To Hijack Airliner, Crash Into 'Hannah Montana' Concert


A 16-year-old is accused of plotting to hijack a Southwest Airlines flight to crash it into a Lafayette, La., building where a "Hannah Montana" concert was to be performed.


A Southwest Airlines representative told The Associated Press that the teen was detained after Flight 284 from Los Angeles landed in Nashville this week.

The teen was caught with handcuffs, rope and duct tape on the plane, Local 6 reported Friday.

Agents also found an apparent mock airplane cockpit in his bedroom, the report said.

http://www.local6.com/spotlight/15135486/detail.html

[acmavm]

1. A young music critic perhaps?

[JVS]

13. good taste too

[Parche]

2. He is Part Of TAQ

Teen Al-Qaeda......a new spinoff of AQ and IAQ not to be confused with
Osama Bin Ladens Al-Qaeda RAQ (real Al-Qaeda)
And a close match to the off shoot terra group Al-Kida (AK)

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :hi:

[Laf.La.Dem.]

3. Hello - from Lafayette, Louisiana

Now - I have another reason I did not buy tickets to Hannah Montana

[MindPilot]

4. ummm...how did he get handcuffs

ON THE MOTHERFUCKING PLANE?!

[Marrah_G]

7. I was wondering ther same thing...........

[Lance_Boyle]

10. Are handcuffs not permitted on planes?

Or duct tape? I don't recall either of those items listed as contraband.

[MindPilot]

18. That seems odd

More than 3 ounces of shaving cream makes you a terrorist, but handcuffs are OK? Am I supposed to understand this stuff?

[Lance_Boyle]

19. well, clearly it would be a different story

if they were LIQUID handcuffs weighing more than 3 ounces... ;-)

[uppityperson]

21. Or not in a quart sized baggie. Concert wasn't for 3 days.

I hope the kid gets some mental health help. 1 article I found said the concert was for 3 days after he flew. http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=34322&cat=2
It was later revealed that Cyrus’ concert at the stadium was set for January 25, three days after the boy planned to attack.

[Lance_Boyle]

25. Who the hell is Cyrus?

Gawds, if this kid was planning to plane-bomb Billy Ray Cyrus, then more fucking power to him!

[nonconformist]

27. "Hannah Montana" is a character played by Miley Cyrus, who is Billy Ray Cyrus's daughter. nt

[Lance_Boyle]

30. Oh gawds... it reproduced? n/t

[Atman]

5. At least he had a noble cause.

Oops, did I type that out loud?

:rofl:

.

[JVS]

14. Yes, let us raise our glasses to The Cause!

[LeftCoast]

6. Can you blame the kid? Hannah Montana must be destroyed!

:evilgrin:

[FreepFryer]

8. Excellent target selection, poor execution. Seriously though, this kid is disturbed. (n/t)

[Initech]

39. Poor execution definitely.

You don't fuck with Southwest passengers, that is for sure. Now if he were flying United, AA, or Delta, he probably could have got away with it.

[Snarkturian Clone]

9. uh oh

guess they'll have to cancel all Hannah Montana concerts for the rest of time. What a shame.

[YOY]

11. Hmmm...yeah kid...that's one of those things that "would" be funny

unless they actually happened.

Apparently his didn't get the note about how comedy works...

[Selatius]

12. Hannah Montana is UNSTOPPABLE. You cannot stop what is inevitable. Resistance is futile!

Worship Hannah Montana!

[notadmblnd]

15. Stupid kid, why carry all that on a plane?

all those things could be purchased when he landed.:shrug:

[JVS]

16. Many people could have died. We need to wage a war on shitty music to prevent such attacks!

[Lance_Boyle]

17. Handcuffs, rope, and duct tape are not TSA-prohibited items.

And the (incredibly brief) story does mention that he didn't actually try to carry out the plot. So what exactly was the kid arrested for? Thought crime plus carrying fetish gear? This is an odd story.

[uncle ray]

22. i know what i'm doing if i ever fly again.

i'm gonna bring me a whole bag of handcuffs, tape, rope, etc. cig lighters and box cutters are legal again, right?

[Lance_Boyle]

24. box cutters, no

but certain lighters I think are OK again. Duct tape, rope, and handcuffs have never been a problem. Hence my confusion as to why this teenager was arrested.

[WittyUsername]

33. I wonder if he made his ridiculous intentions known to someone he knew...

[Blue-Jay]

41. Put those items in your carry-on bag and get back to us.

[Lance_Boyle]

44. according to TSA's most recently posted list I can.

I don't see how handcuffs, rope, and duct tape can combine in any way to create an effective offensive weapon, such as might be used by an individual seeking to take control of an aircraft. Tie the cuffs to the end of the rope, and swing it? Duct tape someone to death? I might as well claim that the guy in 23A with the laptop intended to bludgeon me to death with it. For the TSA list, which gets down to the level of precisely how much breast milk for baby is kosher, to omit these items must mean that even the fanatical unreasonables who composed the TSA list recognize that a hijacking plot featuring rope and duct tape is more likely high school guidance counselor stuff than federal government stuff.

So, if the items in the kid's possession weren't prohibited, and he had not made any move during the flight indicating that he might want to hijack it with his duct tape and rope and handcuffs, why was he arrested? What law did he break for which he was arrested?

[uppityperson]

20. Now all those REAL terrorists know they can take this stuff on planes, watch for TSA updates...

New from TSA, handcuffs must be under 1/4 inch in diameter to be allowed in carry ons, and must be placed in a quart sized ziptop baggie for inspection. Only Red duct tape will be allowed, grey, white and other colors will be discarded in the appropriate bin.

[Redneck Socialist]

23. Does it make me a bad person that I laughed my ass off on reading this?

Kid needs some serious help obviously, but that's freaking hysterical.

[GRLMGC]

29. I'm a bad person too

I know its really screwed up but just the idea in itself is hilarious. I'm just glad nobody got hurt.

[WittyUsername]

34. heh, you'd laugh if it was on the onion...

[Chovexani]

36. We're both going to hell then

:rofl:

[pitohui]

26. ok now i've heard everything EOM

,

[AlCzervik]

28. i have to chuck my diet coke before i get on a plane and this brought on hand cuffs?

wtf, from now on i'm handcuffing my soda to a roll of duct tape.

[Ezlivin]

31. That's NOT how you crash a party

Really, someone simply needed to sit the young man down and fully explain what "crashing a party" means.

[rug]

32. How is he going to explain this in the Yard?

[WittyUsername]

35. were they furry handcuffs?

[Nailzberg]

37. That's illegal?

:shrug: Who knew?

[Initech]

38. He was probably mad because he didn't get tickets.

[Prefer]

40. I love Hannah Montanna

glad his plot was foiled.

[NorthernSpy]

42. so Hannah Montana = "the Great Satan"...

:yoiks:

[jmowreader]

43. I'm sorry, guys, but my bullshit detector is wailing as we speak

Where shall we start? Oh, I know!

Handcuffs, rope and duct tape. They're not prohibited items according to the TSA list, but it's gonna be slightly hard to convince me TSA wouldn't have motioned him to the side for questioning with all that shit in his bag. He's sixteen. He's not OLD enough to know about that kind of sex!

All that shit, but no weapons? So the kid stands up, yells out "I'm hijacking this plane to Lafayette, Louisiana!" All the people who don't want to go to Lafayette for any reason at all, even the apparently noble cause of taking out Hannah Montana, would grab this moran, handcuff him, tie him up with rope, tape him up, beat the living shit out of him and throw him through the window. It's not like one asshat without so much as a utility knife could have withstood an onslaught by 80 or 90 people who didn't want to go to Louisiana. So much for that idea.

Mock airplane cockpit. A lot of people have those...it's called a PC with a flight sim and a CH Products yoke on it. It makes you wonder why his mom didn't pour Clean & Clear on it, wait till it blew up then taped pictures of a mint plant and the dashboard out of a Piper Warrior to his bedroom door so he'd know the difference next time.

And if he really wanted to hijack an airplane, fly it to Lafayette and take out the Hannah Montana concert, wouldn't he have at least read the Hannah Montana website to find out what day she was going to be there?

[Quantess]

46. "...he did not go through with his plot."

says the article.

Sounds like the authorities overreacted?

[Redneck Socialist]

48. C'mom man, don't harsh on our mellow!

I'm not overly concerned with the reality of the situation, the idea alone is hysterically brilliant and that's enough for me.

Oh and give yourself a mint plant point for the excellent reference. Pretty funny in and of itself.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

45. Even pyrotechnics wouldn't improve that concert.

[Endangered Specie]

47. Geez, back in my day we just wore the "HANSON SUCKS" t-shirt.

:wow: