Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

http :// www .nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491291

http :// www .stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html

Obviously Air NZ domestic flights do not have lockable doors!

Cath

Re: Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:08:10 -0600,
texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote:

> http :// www .nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491291
>
> http :// www .stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html
>
>Obviously Air NZ domestic flights do not have lockable doors!
>
>Cath

OK now reading a report that apparently she is originally from
Somalia.

Cath

Re: Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:27:11 -0600,
texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote in
<pq4nq352m4frod07cp295bkubprnb1e7l0@4ax,com > :

>On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:08:10 -0600,
>texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote:
>
>> http :// www .nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491291
>>
>> http :// www .stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html
>>
>>Obviously Air NZ domestic flights do not have lockable doors!
>>
>>Cath
>
>OK now reading a report that apparently she is originally from
>Somalia.
>
>Cath

If you read the original report you will have seen that the
passengers were unhurt.

I don't know how much you know about small aircraft, but
there isn't even a partition between pilot(s) and passengers.

Have you ever flown on a De Haviland "twin otter" I have.
Haven't checked maximum passenger capacity, but can assure there
is not even a bulkhead between passenger area and pilot(s).

So a pretty minor incident which is why I didn't bother to report
it earlier.

Of course, it does indicate that domestic flights in N.Z. can be
a bit hazardous.

Perhaps we can assume that domestic flights in N.Z. might be a
bit more hazardous than they are in Australia, or Texas for that
matter?

Australia seems to be a safer place for tourists. A few years
ago, there was a news item here regarding a tomcat which was
"terrorizing" a Sydney suburb.

Possibly the T.V. news was desperate for a "significant"
incident.:-)

Australia is one of the safest places for American tourists, but
am confident that N.Z. is a pretty quiet country to visit as
well.

Compared to the U.S. state of Texas, perhaps.

As an idle question do you carry a self-defense weapon in your
house, in your garden, or visiting the nearest town?

Am sure that readers of this group might be interested.

Personal alarm? knife? Pepper spray? Pistol or revolver? Sawed
off shotgun? ....Just curious, you understand.

If so, if you feel the need in Texas, did you carry similar
weapons in N.Z.?

And/or would you feel a need to carry these in Australia?

Cheers,
Kangaroo16@example.invalid
Sydney, 4:10 PM Friday
8 February 2008 [GMT + 11 hrs]

Re: Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 05:11:44 GMT, Kangaroo16
<Kangaroo16@example.invalid> wrote:

>On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:27:11 -0600,
>texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote in
><pq4nq352m4frod07cp295bkubprnb1e7l0@4ax,com > :
>
>>On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 17:08:10 -0600,
>>texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom.. wrote:
>>
>>> http :// www .nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491291
>>>
>>> http :// www .stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html
>>>
>>>Obviously Air NZ domestic flights do not have lockable doors!
>>>
>>>Cath
>>
>>OK now reading a report that apparently she is originally from
>>Somalia.
>>
>>Cath
>
>If you read the original report you will have seen that the
>passengers were unhurt.
>
>I don't know how much you know about small aircraft, but
>there isn't even a partition between pilot(s) and passengers.

I fly on a regular basis [note last month again] which includes puddle
jumpers as that is what the airlines I patronise use between regional
airports and hubs.
But as you have not flown here in years, you wouldn't know about that.

>Have you ever flown on a De Haviland "twin otter" I have.
>Haven't checked maximum passenger capacity, but can assure there
>is not even a bulkhead between passenger area and pilot(s).
>
When was that 1888?

>So a pretty minor incident which is why I didn't bother to report
>it earlier.
>Of course, it does indicate that domestic flights in N.Z. can be
>a bit haardous.
>Perhaps we can assume that domestic flights in N.Z. might be a
>bit more hazardous than they are in Australia, or Texas for that
>matter?
>Australia seems to be a safer place for tourists. A few years
>ago, there was a news item here regarding a tomcat which was
>"terrorizing" a Sydney suburb.
>Possibly the T.V. news was desperate for a "significant"
>incident.:-)

For someone who has never taken Australian citizenship and wants to
keep using the Constitution of the U.S. here when it suits, you sure
as hell don't understand or realise the consequences do you.

>Australia is one of the safest places for American tourists, but
>am confident that N.Z. is a pretty quiet country to visit as
>well.

>Compared to the U.S. state of Texas, perhaps.

Here we go again, personal attacks started by you.
Got your jollies off yet?

>As an idle question do you carry a self-defense weapon in your
>house, in your garden, or visiting the nearest town?

Nosey buggar aren't you.
Hey MYOB.
>Am sure that readers of this group might be interested.

Nah, you're the only one that is interested!

>Personal alarm? knife? Pepper spray? Pistol or revolver? Sawed
>off shotgun? ....Just curious, you understand.
>If so, if you feel the need in Texas, did you carry similar
>weapons in N.Z.?
>And/or would you feel a need to carry these in Australia?
>Cheers,
>Kangaroo16@example.invalid
>Sydney, 4:10 PM Friday
>8 February 2008 [GMT + 11 hrs]
>
You don't get it do you!

This was not about me/New Zealand./Texas and whether I felt the need
to carry weapons.

And it's none of your business what, if I do, weapons I may have
concealed or openly carry or have secured in our home, at any time.

Cath

Re: Air New Zealand domestic flight pilots stabbed/bomb threat

In fact - on this aircraft - a curtain!!

No security checks either in Blenheim, where the flight originated!

Aircraft was a Jetstream, operated by Air NZ. Its destination was
Christchurch.




<texan....usenet@texas...removethisbit.usacom..> wrote in message
news:5o3nq31vm7sg5kjnppiujqt279bq2a868i@4ax,com ...
> http :// www .nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10491291
>
> http :// www .stuff.co.nz/4392665a10.html
>
> Obviously Air NZ domestic flights do not have lockable doors!
>
> Cath