Victim count remains 5 dead, 8 additional wounded by gunshots.
(Via ABC News) […]  “We have not ruled out terrorism,” FBI Special Agent in Charge George Piro said in an evening press conference.
Law enforcement officials say the suspect, Esteban Santiago, was carrying military identification. He was apprehended and placed in federal custody. He is expected to face federal charges.
Early [Saturday] morning, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office posted his booking record, including booking photo, on its website. According to the record, he was booked on a murder charge. His “charge status” reads “Pending Trial,” and “Description” reads “Hold for US Marshals Office.”
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Details Sketchy – Proceed W/ Caution – At approximately 12:55pm EST a gunman opened fire in the baggage claim area of the Fort Lauderdale Airport Terminal 2, which serves Delta Airlines. 13 people were shot. Current reports are 5 people killed and approximately 13 people wounded or being treated for injuries.

Media reports say the gunman was a passenger from an airplane that arrived from Alaska via Minneapolis with a declared firearm in a checked bag, retrieved and opened fire. Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) told MSNBC the gunman is a 26-year-old named Esteban Santiago, who was taken into custody. He was carrying a military I.D.

ABC News has learned colleagues of the FLL shooting suspect had previously brought concerns about him to the FBI. FBI had contact w suspect

— Michael Del Moro (@MikeDelMoro) January 6, 2017

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A Russian Defense Ministry Tu-154 plane heading from Moscow to Syria crashed on Sunday morning near the Russian Black Sea resort city of Sochi. All 92 passengers are considered dead, including 64 members of the Red Army Choir.

(Via Daily Mail) The Tu-154 model plane, which belonged to the Russian defence ministry, crashed two minutes after leaving the southern city of Adler at 5.40am (2.40am GMT). There were no survivors. (more…)

Actuarial Security.

Not all Samsung Galaxy7 phones catch fire, but all phones currently catching fire are Samsung Galaxy7.  To ensure your safety, the FAA has banned them.

Not all Islamic followers are carrying out Jihad against the West, but all current Western Jihad is being carried out by Islamic followers. To ensure your safety,…

Details emerge of how coordinated the terrorist attack was on Ataturk airport in Turkey.  Unfortunately the death toll has risen to 42, and the number of wounded 238.  So far no terror organization has claimed official responsibility, however most intelligence and security analysts believe ISIS was to blame.
TURKEY – The terrorists who killed dozens at a busy airport in Istanbul took advantage of the panic sparked when they opened fire at a security checkpoint to detonate their explosives, according to the Turkish prime minister.
The details from the prime minister and others from a Turkish official come as investigators begin to piece together the timeline of the attack at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport, which left 42 dead and 238 wounded.
Turkey’s Prime Minister, Binali Yildirim, said today the attack, which took place around 10 p.m. Tuesday, began “when the terrorists couldn’t pass the regular security system, when they couldn’t pass the scanners, police and security controls,” Yildirim said.
“They returned and took out their weapons out of their suitcases and opened fire at random at the security check,” he added. (more…)

Yesterday Walid Shoebat made a very strong case outlining a possible cause for the crash around an Islamist attack directly carried out by the pilot of the Egypt Air flight 804.

More evidence is arising to show that the pilot of Flight 804 went suicide. He did some bizarre things. He converted the plane into a makeshift mosque, used the equipment to tell passengers the direction of Mecca. Had a last supper and said “farewell” as if ‘we who are about to die salute you’. He called his brother before take-off telling him to ‘pray for him’ as he was going for martyrdom. He had connections with one of the most radical preachers and terror supporters in Egypt. (link)

Shoebat then lays out the facts leading to his outlined conclusion. What he outlines is a very disturbing possibility.  I strongly suggest everyone consider his outline.

Some other evidence surfaces today which aligns with the Shoebat thesis. The Daily Mail is now reporting the pilot actually spoke to air traffic controllers about a fire and smoke and his intent to take urgent action to attempt a crash landing: (more…)

BREAKING – Egypt Air is reporting Flight MS804 (56 passengers, 10 crew) was traveling from Paris to Cairo when it vanished from radar screens.
♦ The Airbus model A320 last reported its location (2:45am Local Time) over the waters of the eastern Mediterranean.  Additional information was not immediately available.
♦ Flight 804 departed Paris at 11:00pm (local) and had just entered Egyptian air control space when communication was lost at 2:45am (local).
♦ Flight Lost at 37,000 ft altitude, approximately 250 miles from Egyptian coast. (Approximately mid-way between Greece and Egypt)

An informed source at EGYPTAIR stated that Flight no MS804,which departed Paris at 23:09 (CEST),heading to Cairo has disappeared from radar.

— EGYPTAIR (@EGYPTAIR) May 19, 2016

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Thankfully it sounds like most of the injuries are minor in nature.

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) – A plane reportedly landed off the runway at Nashville International Airport on Tuesday night.  The Southwest Airlines plane was traveling from Houston when it apparently rolled off the runway during landing.

Three ambulances are headed to the scene for possible injuries, but it is not believed at this time that any of those injuries are serious.  (more…)

Yes, America he has built this; exactly as planned.  We are no-longer free to roam about the world:  A World Wide Travel Alert

(Via Daily Mail) Russian President Vladimir Putin has vowed to hunt down and punish the terrorists responsible for downing a passenger jet over the Egyptian Sinai desert after it emerged a 1.5kg ‘home made’ bomb destroyed the aircraft.

Russian security services have admitted that they have found traces of explosives on a passenger jet which was blown up over Egypt’s Sinai peninsula killing all 224 people on board.

A $50 million reward has reportedly been offered for information leading to the killers.

The Airbus A321 disappeared 23 minutes after leaving Sharm el-Sheikh airport en-route to St Petersburg.  (more…)