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Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 7:12pm On Apr 03, 2010
AIRDIG:

GBAM!!


Talking trash as usual , lol.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by 18platoon(m): 10:53pm On Apr 03, 2010
@frosbel, i saw you guys at dudley today, that was a nice try.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 11:15pm On Apr 03, 2010
18 platoon:

@frosbel, i saw you guys at dudley today, that was a nice try.

You saw your guys not my guys, lol. grin grin

I believe in the might of the pen and not violence.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 11:28pm On Apr 03, 2010
18 platoon:

@frosbel, i saw you guys at dudley today, that was a nice try.


I just watched the youtube video now that you mentioned, did not hear about it until now.

Truly against violence though.


These guys were protesting against the building of a new mosque in thier neighborhood.



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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqK-3CBw3kE&hl=en[/flash]
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by TippyTop(m): 12:53am On Apr 04, 2010
I hope Asian Muslims catch this frosbel.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 12:57am On Apr 04, 2010
Tippy Top:

I hope Asian Muslims catch this frosbel.

So you agree that they have a tendency to violence and thus will kill me if they find me, lol.

What intelligence you exhibit Silly Tippy Top.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by nex(m): 10:40am On Apr 04, 2010
I think we should give this taxi driver a national award. It seems his effort has gotten us off the USA's terror list.

I think these countries are only against Islamic terrorism cos immediately this Calabar incidence, they realized that Nigeria had Christian terrorists too and we were instantly removed from terror watch list.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 11:57am On Apr 04, 2010
I am really getting fedup with these Christian terrorists eveywhere.

1. Bombing children and women in Russia




2. Chapel assaulted by armed group in Pakistan

On the evening of April 2, following Good Friday services, a group of armed men and women assaulted the Gordon College Chapel in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. According to sources, the group was armed with automatic weapons and broke into the church compound, entering the chapel and adjoining residence. Having broken the locks at the main entrance, they installed new locks, while also destroying the sign advertising the chapel.


3. Pakistani Maid Burned to Keep despoil Quiet

Eighty percent of Kiran George’s body was burned when she was brought to the Mayo Hospital in Lahore last week. She died two days later on Thursday. Before she died, however, she reported to police officials that the son of her Muslim employer had doused her with gasoline and set her on fire after she threatened to report the despoil.

4. Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam open fire at a teashop, murdering three and wounding nine

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All churches should be watched for potential terrorists, these people are murderous and violent.
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Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 12:00pm On Apr 04, 2010
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

You think I am some kind of appeaser like Afam, cowards they all are.

I call a spade a spade.

As I have reiterated times without number, the violent muslims are in the minority but the majority of religious violence is by Militant [/b]Islam.

I repeat the word [b]Militant
for the benefit of a few dunces who are willing to accept peace for a loaf of bread.

"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape".



", and by peace shall destroy many" Daniel 8:25   


^^  I wonder what this refers to !
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 12:13pm On Apr 04, 2010
What a disaster averted. Luckily, the car used was way to low to reach, and rupture the fuel tank.

Strange how the car suffered little damage, like it wasn't driven fast enough. I wonder if the driver actually decided to hit the brakes at the last minute?
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by member479760: 3:03pm On Apr 04, 2010
The guy is an ordinary folk trying to make a name - period.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by detopshot(m): 3:08pm On Apr 04, 2010
frosbel:

I am really getting fedup with these Christian terrorists eveywhere.

1. Bombing children and women in Russia




2. Chapel assaulted by armed group in Pakistan

On the evening of April 2, following Good Friday services, a group of armed men and women assaulted the Gordon College Chapel in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. According to sources, the group was armed with automatic weapons and broke into the church compound, entering the chapel and adjoining residence. Having broken the locks at the main entrance, they installed new locks, while also destroying the sign advertising the chapel.


3. Pakistani Maid Burned to Keep despoil Quiet

Eighty percent of Kiran George’s body was burned when she was brought to the Mayo Hospital in Lahore last week. She died two days later on Thursday. Before she died, however, she reported to police officials that the son of her Muslim employer had doused her with gasoline and set her on fire after she threatened to report the despoil.

4. Thailand: Misunderstanders of Islam open fire at a teashop, murdering three and wounding nine

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All churches should be watched for potential terrorists, these people are murderous and violent.
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@Poster: i can bet that these guys r not christians. some hide under the 'umbrella' of christianity to gain access to churches and commit these ungodly acts. if u're a christian or even if u're not, what's your definition of CHRISTIAN?
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by nex(m): 11:48am On Apr 05, 2010
@detopshot

It seems you're trying to say that there are true Christians and misguided ones. Could it not be also that there are true Muslims and misguided ones. Bear in mind though that the misguided ones believe that they are the true ones and that's why they are willing to do extreme things to prove so.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by bibiking1(m): 12:00pm On Apr 05, 2010
nex:

@detopshot

It seems you're trying to say that there are true Christians and misguided ones. Could it not be also that there are true Muslims and misguided ones. Bear in mind though that the misguided ones believe that they are the true ones and that's why they are willing to do extreme things to prove so.

Uhm,,,, Monsigneur Nex, can you please explain exactly where you are headed with your argument? Because i have become lost!
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Cyberfreak(f): 2:22pm On Apr 05, 2010
K
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by alldone(m): 2:29pm On Apr 05, 2010
this is terrible, it doesnt make sense at all.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Nobody: 11:20pm On Apr 05, 2010
Weird, Really Weird.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by Beaf: 4:36am On Apr 09, 2010
nex:

@detopshot

It seems you're trying to say that there are true Christians and misguided ones. Could it not be also that there are true Muslims and misguided ones. Bear in mind though that[b] the misguided ones believe that they are the true ones and that's why they are willing to do extreme things to prove so[/b].

It couldn't be put better.

The holiest people provide the World with terrorists regardless of if they are Christian or Muslim. All that is required is religion.

The only thing we can say is, Muslims are currently wining the broadcast terrorism act scales by a vast margin, but in the past, there have been Christian terrorist acts unmatched by anything Muslims have done from Adam till date including; African slavery, the Spanish Inquisition, Crusades,  French Wars of Religion, Oliver Cromwells conquest of Ireland, Ku Klux Klan etc. These days, we are left with the likes of National Liberation Front of Tripura (India), Lords Army (Uganda) and several other Christian terrorist groups.

Christians are just as terror inclined as Muslims.
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by ladi02(m): 10:45pm On Apr 09, 2010
[size=20pt]WHY IS THIS THREAD MADE THE TOPMOST THREAD FOR WEEKS![/size]
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by cystein(m): 10:56am On Apr 11, 2010
Looking at the date and time it looks like a Fools day prank. An audi let alone a bmw x5 cant touch a 737's belly! LOL nice one
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by webman21(m): 5:49pm On Nov 19, 2010
I can't understand how he got on to the tarmac also how did they get the car from underneath the plane. They would have to let down the tires or even maybe take the wheels off. I can't imagine how much damage the car caused to the plane. 
Re: Taxi Cab Driver Rams Into Plane In Airport by XAUBulls: 7:20pm On Nov 23, 2023
Bump.
This was 13 years ago, but eternal vigilance must be the key phrase as of 2023 and beyond to guard against attempted terror attacks at public facilities and airports like this.

http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2010/apr/01/national-01-04-2010-003.htm

real4life:


Shock gripped the about 95 Abuja-bound Arik Air’s passengers yesterday when a taxi emerged from the blues and rammed into a B737-700 aircraft that was steaming on the tarmac, awaiting takeoff.
The incident, Daily Sun gathered, happened in the afternoon at the Margaret Ekpo International Airport, Calabar.

An eyewitness told Daily Sun that the Arik aircraft with registration number 5N-MJJ just arrived from Lagos and was loading passengers for Abuja at about 2:35pm when suddenly a taxi cab emerged from the Air Force gate within the airport and rammed into the belly of the aircraft.
The witness further said some of the passengers who were still trying to board thought the cab in Cross River state blue-white-blue commercial colours was carrying one of those late travellers rushing to catch the flight but were shocked at the speed with which the driver turned quickly behind the aircraft and crashed into its belly where the fuel tank is situated.

At that point, palpable tension and pandemonium took over as passengers scampered for safety.
When Daily Sun visited the airport at about 3:15pm the Audi 80 cab marked Cross River XA 254 KAM was seen lying under the belly of the aircraft with the bonnet badly damaged. It was speculated that the suspected terrorist was targeting the fuel tank of the aircraft.

Investigations by Daily Sun revealed that the driver of the taxi, which is not registered to operate within the airport, broke through the Airforce station’s two gates at top speed and in the process pulled down the gates and sped straight to the tarmac where the plane was getting set for takeoff.

The suspected terrorist, said to be in his 40’s who hails from Akwa Ibom State, is now at the Zone 6 Police Headquarters undergoing interrogations. As he was being led away from the airport by security operatives, the suspected terrorist was said to have displayed a rare courage that baffled onlookers as he shouted in pidgin. “Even if they kill me today, no problem, after all, that is how Jesus Christ was killed and he went to heaven. So I no care. I de launch war against ungodly people in our country and until we change the war go continue.”

Confirming the incident, the Airport Manager, Mahmud Sani, said, “it is true that the taxi driver came through the Airforce Base gates to carry out his dastardly act, but we thank God he failed in the process. For now, we are investigating the matter as the security operatives have taken over the whole airport for now.”
In a chat with newsmen at the airport shortly after the incident, one of the passengers, Mr. Odiga Odiga, said, “ I was already inside the plane about to take off when the alarm came and we were told to disembark. Initially, we thought it was fire, and everybody scampered down but it was when we got down that we discovered that it was a cab right under the belly of the aircraft.”

Pilot of the aircraft, Simon Robinson, expressed shock like everyone else over the incident. He was in the cockpit when he heard the bump. Odiga, who is the chairman of Cross River State Forestry Commission, described the attack “as one of the security lapses at our airports.” He wondered how a commercial car broke through two gates of the Airforce station and got to the aircraft that was about to take off.

As at the time of going to press, Arik Air engineers numbering about four were seen battling to remove the car from underneath the plane while the company provided another aircraft that flew passengers to their destination.
When contacted, the security operatives at the airport declined comment on the matter, saying ‘we are waiting for the order from above and we cannot talk to you now.”

However, Media Officer of Arik Air, Banji Ola, who confirmed the incident, said it was shocking that a taxi that is a non-ramp vehicle can gain access to the tarmac and hit a stationary plane.
Also speaking on the development, the General Manager, Public Affairs of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, Akin Olukunle said the incident was most unexpected.

According to him, the taxi, an Audi 80, apparently was on speed and surprisingly broke through the two gates of the Airforce security before running into the airplane. “The taxi broke through the first gate of the Airforce, broke through the second gate and then ran into the aircraft,” he said.
Olukunle said FAAN immediately dispatched a team of policemen from the Bomb Squad Unit to immediately look into the car and ascertain if it was carrying a bomb or not. He also said the matter was still being investigated to know the motive of the taxi driver in order to know the next line of action.
Arik Air, it was learnt, dispatched another airplane from Lagos to Calabar to fly the passengers to Abuja.



lol, So the terrorist is a Christian from from Akwa Ibom state, OK well noted

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