The Transportation Safety Administration is alerting all pilots to be aware of suspicious activity around their airplanes and at airports after the discovery of a message on an extremist Muslim Web site. The message, posted in Arabic on April 13, urged “all Muslims” to destroy American jets and light aircraft, listed the tail number of a plane believed to be used by the CIA, and told readers how to identify U.S.-registered aircraft. The TSA did not indicate that any specific threats or planned attacks had been intercepted, but stressed that pilots should be on guard for anything unusual.
Keep your eyes and ears open, folks.
Jan Hoynacki, Executive Director
United States Pilots Association