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See 2011 Miami Airport fuel pump fire and JFK airport plot
Energy incident
September 17, 2011 A fuel pump caught fire Boston Logan International Airport, sending smoke into the air and cancelling or delaying flights. A spokesman stated "In my 37 years here at the airport, I can't remember where we've had this kind of situation where the fuel systems have been shut down". Because of the amount of surveillance in the area, the fire wasn't considered suspicious. A similarly unusual fire occured in Miami in 2011 which essentially shut down refueling except by truck.
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Can't find any other instances of airport fuel pump fires, just this terror plot to light up jet fuel pipelines and storage tanks:
2007 June 3: John F. Kennedy International Airport terror plot Four men indicted in plot to blow up jet-fuel supply tanks at JFK Airport and a 40-mile (64 km) connecting pipeline. One suspect is a U.S. citizen and one, Abdul Kadir, is former member of parliament inGuyana. All The airport was targeted because one of the suspects saw arms shipments and missiles being shipped to Israel from that locale. In a recorded conversation one of the suspects allegedly told an informant that "Anytime you hit Kennedy, it is the most hurtful thing to the United States. To hit John F. Kennedy, wow.... They love JFK – he's like the man". Plot unraveled when a person from law enforcement was recruited.[149][150][151] On June 29, 2010 Abdel Nur plead guilty to material support charges. Due to health reasons Kareem Ibrahim was removed from the case and will be tried separately.[152] On August 2 Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir were convicted for their role in the plot.[153]
Airport Fuel Pipeline Evaluated After Arrests : NPR
NPR - Jun 5, 2007
Law enforcement officials say the men accused of planning to attack the airportthought they could create a fire in part of a pipeline carrying jet fuel for ...
Airport Fuel Pipeline Evaluated After Arrests
A fourth suspect in an alleged plot to bomb fuel facilities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York surrendered to authorities Tuesday in Trinidad. Law enforcement officials say the men accused of planning to attack the airport thought they could create a fire in part of a pipeline carrying jet fuel for airliners that would possibly blow up the entire pipeline system.
there have been serious pipeline accidents, including one in Carlsbad New Mexico that killed 12 campers in 2000. But he says an explosion, even in the JFK fuel tanks, would be fairly contained.
the suspects anticipated that some New York neighborhoods would explode if they bombed an underground pipeline feeding airport fuel tanks. But security experts say concerns about the impact of a pipeline explosion have been overblown.
.But Richard Kuprewicz, a pipeline expert with Accufacts, an energy consulting firm, says fears that an explosion at one end of the pipeline would set off explosions throughout the underground network are unrealistic.
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authorities say four Muslim men were planning to blow up John F. Kennedy International Airport. One of the suspects allegedly said the airport was picked because of Americans' love for the slain president it was named for.
Three of the suspects are from Guyana. They're in custody. A fourth — from Trinidad — is being sought.
one of the four alleged plotters, Russell Defreitas, unknowingly approached an FBI informant. He wanted him to join a small group of Muslim men planning an attack in the United States. They allegedly wanted to rival the impact of Sept. 11. Defreitas allegedly joined forces with three others — Abdul Kadir, Kareem Ibrahim and Abdel Nur.
Defreitas was a baggage handler at JFK airport more than a decade ago. He is allegedly to have said he knew the airport like the back of his hand. FBI Agent Mark Mershon said the group was driven.
"This was a very determined group that engaged in precise and extensive surveillance, surveillance that included physical surveillance, photograph surveillance, video surveillance, and even the use of the Internet to obtain satellite photographs of the JFK facility,"
the alleged plots may be part of a trend of jihadist groups springing up in the United States among young, disaffected Muslims.
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