*Bumped and updated*

(Via UK Mirror) …”Police investigating the Germanwings air disaster co-pilot Andreas Lubitz have made a “significant discovery” at his home, according to reports.

While the officers confirmed that the discovery was not a suicide note, they would not reveal any further details as this next stage of their investigation deepens.

Markus Niesczery of Düsseldorf Police said: “We wanted to search to see if we could find something that would explain what happened.

“We have found something which will now be taken for tests.

“We cannot say what it is at the moment but it may be very significant clue to what has happened.”

Speaking to the Daily Mail, he added: “We hope it may give some explanations.” (read more)

I find it interesting that his social media was scrubbed before his name was released to the press.  He was 28 years old; this obviously implies active concern for content. (Facebook via google cache here) Why would authorities find it important to remove his social media profile ?

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Weird.  The French authorities are saying they can hear sounds, alarms and voices in the voice recording they have recovered from the crash site.  However, they are not revealing what the voices were heard to be saying…..

UPDATE: Woaaah… this is interesting:

Breaking News: One Pilot Was Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash in Francehttp://t.co/d5ckjtxuTB

— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 25, 2015

PARIS — As officials struggled Wednesday to explain why a jet with 150 people on board crashed in relatively clear skies, an investigator said evidence from a cockpit voice recorder indicated one pilot left the cockpit before the plane’s descent and was unable to get back in.

A senior military official involved in the investigation described “very smooth, very cool” conversation between the pilots during the early part of the flight from Barcelona to Düsseldorf. Then the audio indicated that one of the pilots left the cockpit and could not re-enter. (more…)

Follow-up to last night’s madness in New Orleans – It appears the machete wielding nutter (who I think could still be an Allahu Ackbar candidate), Richard White, was planning on something larger than just chopping up people in the airport….

(Via Fox) The machete-wielding man who attacked two Transportation Security Agency workers at a New Orleans airport was carrying a bag holding six Molotov cocktails, officials said.

Officials said they don’t know what suspect Richard White intended to do with the homemade bombs or what triggered the incident.

“As you know this was unexpected incident involving a clearly troubled and disturbed individual,” said New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu at a Saturday afternoon press conference.

White, 62, chased the two Transportation Security Agency workers at New Orleans International Airport with a machete and wasp spray late Friday. He was shot multiple times by an officer, police said.

Officials said they noticed White had been carrying a bag when they checked surveillance video after the incident. (more…)

FBI En route – Suspect in Custody:

There was a security incident near concourse B of the airport The site has been secured We will release more info as it comes available

— New Orleans Airport (@flyneworleans) March 21, 2015

MEDIA REPORT – A man wielding a machete and a can of wasp spray entered Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport today and was shot by an officer as he threatened agents near a checkpoint, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office said.

The suspect was identified as Richard White, 63, a taxi driver, Jefferson Parish Sheriff Newell Normand said in a press conference tonight.

The officer fired three shots, one of which grazed a bystander. Two other people received minor injuries fleeing the scene. Three TSA agents were injured in the confrontation with the assailant. The suspect sustained three gunshot wounds to his chest, face and thigh, officials said.

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Han Solo Crash Lands – Story HERE

Han Solo has crashed twice before today. – Audio of Today’s emergency conversation with Santa Monica Flight Control HERE

Despite the obvious don’t expect a tweet from Hillary Clinton admitting “the science is settled, the Earth is round, the sky is blue, and illegals are responsible for introducing expansive Measles infection”… Actually, expect the opposite – Carson is about to be savaged by the MSM for daring to point out the obvious.
(Via The Hill)  […]  Carson, a doctor considering a 2016 run for the White Hosue, said it’s a fact that people are entering the country illegally without being screened for measles.
While U.S. citizens who don’t get vaccinated are also a factor in this year’s rising number of measles cases, he said it’s “a combination of non-compliance [with vaccine requirements] and introduction into our society of people who perhaps haven’t been well screened.”
Carson said he wasn’t trying to speak in code when he was asked by CNN host Chris Cuomo if he was turning the measles debate into an immigration debate. (more…)

UPDATE 10:00am EST: Death Toll Rises

UPDATED: Plane crash into Taipei river kills 25, leaves 18 missing http://t.co/MytnWsc8mM pic.twitter.com/RQ3Exc2L8D

— CBC News (@CBCNews) February 4, 2015

BREAKING NEWS [00:10 EST 2/4/15]  TransAsia Flight 235 crashed in the Keelung River with 58 people on board after taking off from Taipei’s Songshan Airport at 10:54 a.m. on Wednesday. The flight, which was en route to the island region of Kinmen, lost contact with flight controllers at 10:55 a.m., according to Channel News Asia. The flight was expected to land just before midday.

The dramatic moment the craft descended from the sky and smashed into a bridge was captured on a dashcam video. So far, there are two reported fatalities and numerous passenger injuries, according to local media reports. (more…)

Via WeaselZippers – The name on the Twitter account threatening the Dallas plane is “Junaid Hussain”. That is the name of the man who claimed to be behind the cyber attack on the Centcom twitter feed. Hussain claims to be in charge of the Cyber Caliphate for ISIS.

It is not clear yet if this account is truly related to him or ISIS, but it is clear whoever it is wants people to think it is.

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Two planes have been evacuated on arrival at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport due to what a spokesman called a “security concern.”
Airport spokesman Perry Cooper says a JetBlue flight from Long Beach, California, and a regional SkyWest jet from Phoenix were the planes involved. The flights arrived late Sunday afternoon.
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/559505475322904579
Cooper said that out of an abundance of caution, passengers were bused to their gates from the airport’s third runway. He said the matter was under investigation and he did not have further details. (more…)

• Officials are stating they are 95% certain the debris field has been located for the Missing AirAsia airliner.  • The debris is approximately 10 kilometers from the last known coordinates of the flight. • Some bodies also identified in the water.

(Via CNN) Indonesian authorities are investigating a patch of debris that could be from missing AirAsia Flight QZ8501, a government official said Tuesday.

The debris spotted by a search team is located off the coast of Indonesia’s Central Kalimantan province on Borneo island, Djoko Murjatmodjo, an aviation official at the Transport Ministry, told reporters.

The objects are about 10 kilometers (6 miles) from the missing plane’s last known location, according to a CNN analysis of the coordinates. (more…)

(VIA NBC) The AirAsia passenger jet that disappeared with 162 people on board during a flight from Indonesia to Singapore Sunday is assumed to have crashed into the sea, the head of the rescue effort told reporters Monday.
“Based on the coordinates that we know, the evaluation would be that any estimated crash position is in the sea, and that the hypothesis is the plane is at the bottom of the sea,” National Search and Rescue chief Henry Bambang Soelistyo told a news conference, according to The Associated Press.
Navy ships, helicopters and aircraft fanned out to scour parts of the Java Sea Monday for any sign of AirAsia Indonesia Flight QZ8501, which lost contact with air traffic controllers in Indonesia Sunday morning after the pilot requested a course change due to bad weather, officials have said. (more…)