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Old 05-08-2022, 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Fat Old Tired View Post
Have you ever heard of tactical nukes? They definitely could be at play in a scenario like this.
Wait what? Unless I missed when this thread drifted off the drug charges, are you suggesting that we could use tactical nukes over some drug charges? Glad it isnt your finger on the button.
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Old 05-08-2022, 06:21 AM
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Originally Posted by Throwitaway View Post
Gimmie a break, trump couldn't even get the Tiger King free!
Trump got played by some teenagers on his rally
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Old 05-08-2022, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211 View Post
lol. What are you talking about?!

How was a couple bags of drugs gonna affect the safety of the flight and the passengers.

those crewmembers are fighting a very long drawn out battle because of what happened. I would’ve definitely waited till I got back to the US or Canada where are you to have a more fair legal system
I don’t know the difference between drugs and explosives. Square groupers look like taped up blocks. These days I assume the same but how do I know it’s drugs and not something flammable or explosive.
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Old 05-08-2022, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by dualinput View Post
I don’t know the difference between drugs and explosives. Square groupers look like taped up blocks. These days I assume the same but how do I know it’s drugs and not something flammable or explosive.
Oh give me a break. If you don’t see a wire I think you are safe.
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Old 05-08-2022, 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211 View Post
Oh give me a break. If you don’t see a wire I think you are safe.
Uhhh. TATP? HMTD?
For that matter, pool shock and brake fluid. Or just KMnO4 and glycerin.

The number of chemical compounds that will down an aircraft without requiring a wire are damn near legion. Buy a beer for an EOD guy or a police bomb squad guy and he’ll rattle off a few dozen.
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Old 05-08-2022, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog View Post
Uhhh. TATP? HMTD?
For that matter, pool shock and brake fluid. Or just KMnO4 and glycerin.

The number of chemical compounds that will down an aircraft without requiring a wire are damn near legion. Buy a beer for an EOD guy or a police bomb squad guy and he’ll rattle off a few dozen.
OK I think it’s more likely drugs coming out of Santo Domingo than it is KMno4 or a nuke warhead, or a Death Star Superlaser or any other crazy things you guys are coming up with.
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Originally Posted by Halon1211 View Post
OK I think it’s more likely drugs coming out of Santo Domingo than it is KMno4 or a nuke warhead, or a Death Star Superlaser or any other crazy things you guys are coming up with.
More likely? Most certainly. Most things that will kill you are always less likely than things that will kill you, or else you probably wouldn’t be here.

You ever play Russian roulette? You’ll win five out of six times. I wouldn’t recommend it though.
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Old 05-08-2022, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog View Post
More likely? Most certainly. Most things that will kill you are always less likely than things that will kill you, or else you probably wouldn’t be here.

You ever play Russian roulette? You’ll win five out of six times. I wouldn’t recommend it though.

no, no, no we are not about to compare this to Russian Roulette.

bottom line. If I knew what I know now and I was in that crew’s situation…I definitely would think twice about alerting the “authorities” in the DR.

couldn’t imagine being in that situation.

not about to say: “Well maybe we should turn this in to the corrupt police because it could be a Nuclear weapon”

can’t believe I have to say that…
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Old 05-09-2022, 01:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Halon1211 View Post
no, no, no we are not about to compare this to Russian Roulette.

bottom line. If I knew what I know now and I was in that crew’s situation…I definitely would think twice about alerting the “authorities” in the DR.

couldn’t imagine being in that situation.

not about to say: “Well maybe we should turn this in to the corrupt police because it could be a Nuclear weapon”

can’t believe I have to say that…
not saying its a nuke, that’s probably going too far, but a bomb is perfectly reasonable coming from a place like that.. Escobar blew up a 727 (I think it was a 727) just never know with places like that. Corrupt countries very well may want to take out competition.
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This thread is definitely one of APCs finest. A nuke? Really? 99.9% chance it's drugs and we have 8 pages of guys stomping their feet and insisting safety would be gravely compromised and the industry would grind to a halt if the crew left and reported it on US soil because what if it was a bomb. You know what? I'd rather go out in a fireball than rot in a South American jail. I'll take those odds. We have other saying drop me a reference of a company FOM or SSI Customs memo her on the internet so I can believe you. Jeez people. This ain't rocket surgery. There's a big difference between practical knowledge and book knowledge here. I bet very few of you have flown DC8s loaded with roses (and other things) from places like Bogota to MIA. You're all talking hypotheticals here until you've done it.
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