Re: Federal air marshal shoots passenger on MIA jetway

["Michael C. Berch" <mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

There have been numerous hijackers, would-be hijackers, bank robbers,  
extortionists, and others who announced they had a bomb, not because  
they planned to set it off, but in order to coerce the behavior of  
others (divert the plane, hand over money, etc.). Some of these  
people actually had a bomb; others had fake bombs (flares wrapped in  
duct tape, etc.); some were just bluffing.

This strategy is less common now, of course, since (as we see) if you  
announce you have a bomb, you are much more likely to just be shot  
forthwith rather than be negotiated with.

-- 
Michael C. Berch
mcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx



On Dec 8, 2005, at 1:39 PM, Gerard M Foley wrote:
> I just realized that I have never heard of anyone with a bomb  
> announcing the fact.  It is possible, but unlikely, that those who  
> heard the announcement did not survive.