A small plane was intercepted yesterday and forced to land at Stinson Airfield by federal agents. The plane was flying illegally in United States airspace:
WOAI—Department of Homeland Security officials forced a small plane carrying four apparently illegal Chinese immigrants to land at an airport in San Antonio Monday night, officials said today. The immigrants were being held at Stinson Airfield shortly after federal agents forced their plane down.
San Antonio police Captain Jeff Humphrey told WOAI that it’s undetermined right now whether the four people on board were related to the hint of a ‘dirty bomb plot’ in Boston.
Hat tip: Michelle Malkin
Update (01/25/2005 5:51pm):
Michelle Malkin has a fascinating update on the plane’s co-owner Afzal Hameed:
Michelle Malkin—The co-owner of the plane, Afzal Hameed, is president of Alpha Tango Flying Services in San Antonio, which trains pilots and mechanics.
Guess who trained at Alpha Tango Flying Services–which, by the way, caters to Saudi Arabian flight students(!!!!):
Among their clients were three Arab flight students investigated by the FBI, including Al Qaeda operative Abdul Hakim Murad , who was arrested in Manila in 1995 and later convicted in New York of plotting to blow up a dozen U.S. airliners over the Pacific, then crash a suicide plane into CIA headquarters. …
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