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"Far West" on American Airlines plane

Washington, USA - A passenger was killed after a shooting on board

A man reportedly threatening to have a bomb in his carry-on baggage was shot and killed by US air marshals on board an American Airlines Boeing 757 just landed at Miami Airport from Medellin (Colombia). It happened on Wednesday at 2:00pm: the airplane was about to depart for Orlando (Florida), after the Miami’s stopover. Rigoberto Alpizar, 44, was an American citizen: it seems that he suffered from m...

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Rome, Italy, 12/09/2005 13:43
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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