Astrid, thanks for this forward. Just a few minutes ago, a co-worker come running to me rolling on the floor with irritating laughter that we have a scam artist for a President. Once a crook always a crook. I know we are all excited about the team's victory, but Yaya chartering a plane with almost 300 passengers to be wined and dined at the cost of the poor men and women tax payers is really absurd. The cost to charter, lodge and feed the group, and pay for the penalties for the scam is all courtesy of the Gambian tax payers and we are talking hundreds of thousands of dollars. If Gambians believe this is justified, then there is something that is fundamentally wrong with the way we think. I just hope that someone will not come here to tell us it was the fault of the pilots. The lunatic does not respect anything, thus may have bribed the pilot to force land the plane for his convenience. Am sure we are really proud of this exposure and this comment: "It truly was a scam," said Betty Maldonado, a spokeswoman for Peru's aviation authority, CORPAC. "They tricked the control tower, saying they were low on fuel." You can scam Gambians in Gambia, but the world will show you out. Shame on this crook for a President. Airliner fakes emergency so passengers can watch soccer game Wednesday, September 21, 2005 Posted: 1647 GMT (0047 HKT) RELATED SI.com: U17 soccer results YOUR E-MAIL ALERTS Peru Soccer Gambia Aviation or Create Your Own Manage Alerts | What Is This? LIMA, Peru (AP) -- A chartered jet carrying 289 Gambian soccer fans pretended it needed to make an emergency landing so they could watch their team compete in the FIFA Under 17 World Championships, officials said Wednesday. The plane, claiming to be low on fuel, landed Tuesday near the stadium in Peru's northern coast city of Piura. "It truly was a scam," said Betty Maldonado, a spokeswoman for Peru's aviation authority, CORPAC. "They tricked the control tower, saying they were low on fuel." Emergency crews were scrambled ahead of the unscheduled landing by the Lockhead L1011 Tri-Star, owned by Air Rum Ltd., Maldonado said. The Air Rum plane, which she said was chartered by Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, should have made its approach to the capital, Lima, but instead flew directly to Piura, entering Peruvian air space "without permission." The passengers were permitted to attend African team's 3-1 victory over Qatar on Tuesday night, she added, but the plane remained in Piura on Wednesday while authorities determined what penalty, if any, to levy against the airline. Gambian newspaper Daily Observer reported on its Web page Wednesday that the group of fans had been delayed for a week in a hotel in the small West African nation and were forced Friday to watch their country's victory over Brazil on television. Copyright 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. >From: "Astrid M. Christensen" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: [>-<] Airliner fakes emergency so passengers can watch soccer game >Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 18:14:58 +0000 > >[ This e-mail is posted to Gambia|Post e-Gathering by "Astrid M. >Christensen" ] > > > >Check this out! > >http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/09/21/fake.emergency.ap/index.html > > > > >----------------------------gambiapost.NET------------------------------ >------LATEST NEWS FROM THE GAMBIA, NOW AT:>>------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/newspaper >-------------ACCESS TO OUR ARCHIVE AT:>>----------- >http://www.gambiapost.net/signon.php >(password is : freedumo ) >--------CHAT WITH FELLOW GAMBIA POSTERS>>---------- >http://65.18.147.105/chat/index.php >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Be sure to contact List Management for (un)subscription requests by e-mail >addressed to: [log in to unmask] or simply follow our DIY directions >at: http://www.gambiapost.net/unsubscribe.htm >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >©2002 Our Guiding Principle : "Va, pensiero", "Let thought(s) fly forth" >------------------------------------------------------------------------- ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/CGI/wa.exe?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤