[Jpost] The aircraft landed safely, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas, with no injuries reported among its 150 passengers and six crew members.
A United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark returned to Harry Reid ... the charismatic now retired late senator-for-life from Nevada, formerly majority leader, who was beaten to within an inch of his life by a treadmill ... Airport on Saturday after a crew member spotted a passenger sending text messages saying he intended to hijack the aircraft, according to the online aviation publication Simple Flying.
The report cited air traffic control (ATC) recordings shared on X/Twitter showing the passenger was unaware of the emergency return to the airport, where law enforcement was waiting for him.
The pilot of United flight 1681, operated by a Boeing 737 MAX 8, can be heard in the recording saying that the cockpit went into "lockdown" following the report from the flight attendant about the threat, which Simple Flying reported occured shortly after departure.
The incident comes less than a month after the October 1 attempted hijacking of flydubai Flight 1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv by one of the pilots, Omani national Hamam al Hamami, who repeatedly struck the captain with an axe before being subdued by several Israeli passengers on board.
On Wednesday, the Transportation Ministry notified United that it had barred entry to Israel for one of its pilots over his Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... sympathies as the country tightens its foreign crew background check measures following the flydubai incident.
Regarding Saturday's incident, Simple Flying noted that the United aircraft's squawk code changed to 7700, signaling a general emergency, before it diverted. This differs from the hijack code, which is 7500.
In addition, the flight's return required a longer-than-standard route to burn off excess fuel, as the MAX 8 lacks fuel-dump capability and had tanks filled for its intended flight to Newark Liberty Airport, resulting in an overweight condition for an early landing.
PILOT ADVISES ATC AIRCRAFT MAY NEED FULL RUNWAY LENGTH DUE TO WEIGHT ISSUE
As an added precaution, the pilot advised ATC that they may need the entirety of Runway 26L to land safely even after burning fuel, according to Simple Flying.
According to the published FAA airport diagram, Harry Reid Airport's Runway 26L is 10,526 feet (3,208 meters) long, more than 2,000 feet (610 meters) longer than the maximum landing distance listed in the aircraft's official performance charts, even with maximum weight and wet runway conditions.
It was not immediately clear why the pilot did not select parallel Runway 26R, which the diagram shows as nearly 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) longer than 26L, for added redundancy.
NO INJURIES REPORTED IN INCIDENT; FAA TO INVESTIGATE
The aircraft landed safely despite the weight issues, according to Fox 5 Las Vegas, with no injuries reported among its 150 passengers and six crew members.
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a preliminary statement that it intends to investigate the incident, and United told Fox 5 that the flight departed for Newark again on Sunday following the "potential security concern."
Fox 5 reached out to the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for comment, but it did not respond at the time of writing.
Update from Skidmark’s link in comments, for future searchability: The miscreant is Dante Milne, 25.
Milne was arrested and booked into the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas on felony charges of making threats or conveying false information regarding an act of terrorism.
Court records show Milne subsequently posted a $10,000 bond and was released pending a scheduled court appearance on Tuesday.
Because the diversion caused the flight crew to exceed their federally mandated operating hours, the remaining 149 passengers were forced to stay in Las Vegas overnight before departing on a rescheduled flight to Newark on Sunday morning.
Under Nevada statute, the felony charge of conveying false information or making threats concerning an act of terrorism carries a potential prison term of one to 20 years.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed an investigation into the incident is underway. The agency reported it has tracked more than 1,400 unruly passenger incidents across commercial flights in 2026.
With Trump taking on the task of eliminating a ISLAMIC TERRORIST IRAN.
The largest openly mass Murderer & Enslaver, of any non-Islamic faithful, so far, for the 21st century.
It stands to reason IRAN wants and needs to eliminate Trumps political and congress control powers.
But would pulling off another US style 9-11 before Mid-terms or 2028 likely help or hender the LSD's here in the USA?
Or are large venues like the World Series, or the Super Bowl more suitable targets?
What ever the case, at least the Trump Administration, unlike Obama & Biden's Admin has shown it is willing to take on the Islamic threat, not try and buy it off with Planes of $$$$$$$.
[MSN-NYPost] A United Airlines passenger accused of grounding his plane home to New Jersey after a flight attendant saw him texting about alleged hijacking plans told cops he was just drunk and joking around with a friend in another seat.
Dante Milne, 25, a trainee welder, was arrested over the weekend for allegedly sending a text, saying, “I’m gonna hijack this bitch and crash ur row only,” while aboard a United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to Newark Saturday, according to a criminal complaint.
After his arrest, the Wood-Ridge, New Jersey-native told investigators he’d downed a beer and some shots at the airport bar.
He then fell asleep on the flight only to discover after he awoke that the plane was heading back to Vegas just minutes after taking off, according to Fox 5 Vegas, which cited his arrest report.
Initially, Milne said he texted someone on the flight but said he didn’t remember what the messages were about, the arrest report said.
But when he was specifically asked about the hijack comment, he claimed it was poorly worded “banter between coworkers,” the arrest report said.
Milne claimed he never meant to take over the plane and said he was sorry about how things went down.
Milne had been on his way home after a three-day trip in Sin City for a work apprenticeship training program for underwater welding, he told detectives.
Leaving it on Page 1: WoT for the response, but moving it to Short Attention Span. Without intent it’s not even really a Lurid Crime, it seems to me, but Home Front: WoT was the right place to start, given what we knew last night.
[NYPost] US Marines and Navy sailors carried out a maritime interdiction operation in the Pacific Ocean on September 5, as part of a broader US military deployment targeting illicit drug trafficking. Dramatic footage shows vessels being destroyed and military personnel moving in on boats during the operation.
[KhaamaPress] Several Afghan migrants colonists have allegedly been tortured by Ottoman Turkish police after being detained near the Iran-The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... border, with sources reporting that some had their fingers and toes broken in the Maku border region.
The sources reported on October 25, that Ottoman Turkish police mistreated Afghan migrants colonists who were attempting to cross the border from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... into Turkey.
According to the sources, many Afghan migrants colonists are currently in Iran, and some are travelling from accommodation facilities towards the Ottoman Turkish border in hopes of reaching Turkey and, eventually, European countries. The sources expressed concern about the migrants colonists’ safety and called for greater attention to their situation.
The allegations come amid wider concerns about the treatment of Afghan migrants colonists along the Iran-Turkey border. In July 2026, BBC reported that 12 Afghan migrants colonists said Ottoman Turkish border guards had beaten and stripped members of a group of around 50 migrants colonists before leaving them in freezing conditions near the Iranian border. Eleven of those who spoke to the BBC later lost limbs because of severe frostbite, according to the report.
The BBC said Ottoman Turkish officials did not specifically address those migrants colonists’ allegations but stated that border forces acted in accordance with national and international law and provided detained undocumented migrants colonists with necessary assistance, including food, water and medical care. Turkey’s Foreign Ministry described the broader allegations as unfounded.
Afghans have continued to use routes through Iran and Turkey to seek safety and reach Europe, despite risks including detention, alleged abuse, smuggling networks and dangerous mountain crossings. Migrant-rights advocates have also raised concerns about forced returns and access to asylum procedures along the border.
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[Rudaw] Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen Faraya on Monday announced the arrest of three “terrorists” associated with the attack while indicating the resumption of investigations “to hold everyone involved in the crime accountable."
The attack "stemmed from an extremist terrorist ideology that requires a comprehensive response," he said in a joint press conference in which Director of public security Obeidallah Maaytah was also present.
Maaytah identified the arrested suspects as "Hazza’ Zaidan Muhammad,” whom he described as the mastermind behind the operation; his brother, Mish’al Zaidan Muhammad; and Ahmad Sami Hussein."
He also confirmed they were Jordanian nationals.
“They represent only themselves and do not reflect the views of the people of Karak Governorate or Jordanian society as a whole,” he stated.
NEW YORK (AP) - Mole people? Crocodile catchers? Mario brothers? A series of bizarre sightings of people popping in and out of New York City´s vast subterranean sewer system has the city wondering what exactly is going on, with police now probing the underground mystery.
Security cameras have recorded at least three nighttime instances where groups of people entered or exited sewer tunnels via maintenance holes on streets in Brooklyn and Queens.
In one video, taken early Friday morning in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, a group of roughly seven people were recorded popping out of a maintenance hole in the middle of an intersection, in full view of passing cars.
Some wore headlamps and carried what appeared to be shovels and other tools. One narrowly missed getting run over by a vehicle as they pulled themselves out of the ground.
In another video, a group of about seven people could be seen emerging from a maintenance hole around 2 a.m. on a quiet street in Brooklyn's Gravesend neighborhood. They made their way to a couple of parked cars and pulled out fresh clothes to change into. Police say the group entered the sewers about 11 p.m., meaning they could have been underground for three hours.
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I forget where I read it, they are looking for jewelry and other valuables. A more disgusting and potentially more rewarding than the dumpster divers who collect bottles and cans for the deposit
🚨 IDF FINDS 15-METER UNDERGROUND SHAFT NEXT TO HEBRON GUNMAN’S HOME
IDF troops searching Hebron after Friday’s deadly shooting attack uncovered a deep underground excavation adjacent to the home of one of the Palestinian gunmen.
According to the IDF:
• The shaft is about 15 meters deep and 75 cm wide
• It currently appears to have no exit
• An electronic device was found inside and taken for examination
• The discovery came during searches of more than 500 locations across Hebron
The IDF stressed that the shaft is deep inside Hebron and does not extend toward or threaten any nearby Israeli community.
The wider operation was launched after Friday’s attack, which killed two IDF soldiers.
What exactly the shaft was intended for remains under investigation.
🚨 IDF FINDS 15-METER UNDERGROUND SHAFT NEXT TO HEBRON GUNMAN’S HOME
IDF troops searching Hebron after Friday’s deadly shooting attack uncovered a deep underground excavation adjacent to the home of one of the Palestinian gunmen.
According to the IDF:
• The shaft is about 15 meters deep and 75 cm wide
• It currently appears to have no exit
• An electronic device was found inside and taken for examination
• The discovery came during searches of more than 500 locations across Hebron
The IDF stressed that the shaft is deep inside Hebron and does not extend toward or threaten any nearby Israeli community.
The wider operation was launched after Friday’s attack, which killed two IDF soldiers.
What exactly the shaft was intended for remains under investigation.
While the discovery was not unprecedented, underground shafts are extremely rare in the West Bank. Underground warfare has been more commonly associated with Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... and Hezbollah in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , where tunnels have played a significant role in military operations, than with Hamas in the West Bank, where the IDF maintains greater control and surveillance.
TWO TROOPS KILLED AFTER TERRORISTS WITH MACHINE GUN OPEN FIRE IN WEST BANK
Staff Sergeant Ron Yonatan Roytman, 23, from Ashkelon, and Sergeant Yuval Shai Svilem, 20, from Hod Hasharon, were named on Friday as the two soldiers killed in the attack.
Roytman was a squad commander, while Svilem was a combat soldier in the Ari Battalion (775) of the Search and Rescue Brigade, according to the IDF.
Both soldiers were killed in combat at the Judea Junction when two snuffies traveling in a car, armed with an M4 machine gun and a pistol, opened fire on soldiers at the scene.
🚨 BREAKING: Seven alleged terrorists reportedly killed in Jordanian strikes on Lutf village in the Lajat region of northeastern Daraa countryside, Syria.
According to the supplied statement attributed to Jordan, the operation was retaliation for those killed during a funeral at Hammoud Church in Karak last Friday. The statement alleges that the perpetrators had links to terrorist groups in southern Syria.
🚨 BREAKING: Seven alleged terrorists reportedly killed in Jordanian strikes on Lutf village in the Lajat region of northeastern Daraa countryside, Syria.
According to the supplied statement attributed to Jordan, the operation was retaliation for those killed during a funeral at Hammoud Church in Karak last Friday. The statement alleges that the perpetrators had links to terrorist groups in southern Syria.
Five civilians were killed in Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[Regnum] Five civilians were killed in Daraa province in southern Syria as a result of Jordanian airstrikes. This was reported on October 26 by the Syrian state news agency SANA, citing the province's General Health Department.
"Five civilians, including women and children, were killed as a result of Jordanian airstrikes on several targets in rural areas of Daraa province," the statement said.
A statement from the Jordanian Armed Forces, published by the Petra news agency, indicated that the airstrike was carried out on terrorist group targets in southern Syria in response to the terrorist attack on the Orthodox Church of St. George in the province of Al-Karak.
Earlier, the Jordanian Ministry of Health press service reported that the death toll in the terrorist attack at an Orthodox church in Karak, Jordan, had risen to eight. A total of 34 people were injured, 27 of whom remain hospitalized. Eight of the wounded were transferred to a military hospital, and doctors are assessing the condition of two of them as critical.
The day before, on October 23, three unidentified men arrived in a car at the Church of St. George in the Hammoud neighborhood of Karak, got out, and opened fire. Jordanian Interior Minister Mazen al-Farayya called the attack a terrorist attack and claimed it was carried out by a group of extremists. King Abdullah II of Jordan visited the victims in the hospital.
⚡️ Iran: Navy commander claims missile damaged US carrier Abraham Lincoln, destroyer forced to abort mission
Iranian army naval operations official Admiral Farhad Fattahi said the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was forced to end its mission and return via the Cape of Good Hope. He also claimed Iran anticipated the attack 12 to 15 hours in advance and relocated missile and drone units to reduce damage. He said Iran did not leave an American submarine's attack on the Iranian destroyer Dena unanswered, and warned that American ships entering Iranian territorial waters would face severe damage.
⚡️ Iran: Navy commander claims missile damaged US carrier Abraham Lincoln, destroyer forced to abort mission
Iranian army naval operations official Admiral Farhad Fattahi said the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer was forced to end its mission and return via the Cape of Good Hope. He also claimed Iran anticipated the attack 12 to 15 hours in advance and relocated missile and drone units to reduce damage. He said Iran did not leave an American submarine's attack on the Iranian destroyer Dena unanswered, and warned that American ships entering Iranian territorial waters would face severe damage.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
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Harry Reid
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for 
..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,...
