Flight instructor warned FBI in August: terrorist taking lessons!

by Greg Gordon - Star Tribune Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001 at 5:35 PM

"Do you realize how serious this is?" the instructor asked an FBI agent. "This man wants training on a 747. A 747 fully loaded with fuel could be used as a weapon!"

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Greg Gordon

Star Tribune



Published Dec 21 2001

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- When a Twin Cities flight instructor phoned the FBI last August to alert the agency that a terrorist might be taking lessons to fly a jumbo jet, he did it in a dramatic way:

"Do you realize how serious this is?" the instructor asked an FBI agent. "This man wants training on a 747. A 747 fully loaded with fuel could be used as a weapon!"

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