VampyreGTX
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Guess the industry really is hurting! They tried fleeing in a 172!
If you watch the live reports on the site below, the helicopter pilot stated that they were taking off to cover the bank robbery and had no idea it had reached the airport. They told tower they saw activity on the airport and the controller was NOT aware that the police were on the airport and a shooting had taken place. They were actually landing planes on the runway parallel to the taxiway that this all took place on, about 100 feet to the right of the taxiway, as this was all happening.
Looking at the plane as well, look like they took out the engine, as there is considerable fluid under the cowling of the 172...
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4502589/detail.html
Shots Fired At Airport After Olathe Bank Heist
POSTED: 9:44 am CDT May 18, 2005
UPDATED: 10:22 am CDT May 18, 2005
OLATHE, Kan. -- Shots were fired at Johnson County Executive Airport after a brief chase that started as a bank heist.
Officers were called to the Capitol Federal Savings bank at 151st Street and Mur-Len at about 9 a.m.
KMBC photographer Jason Rhodes reported that the suspected bank robber left the bank in a gray van, apparently taking several bank employees hostage.
There was a chase that ended at the airport, where shots were fired. One person has been hurt. It is not clear who was hurt. That person was taken by air ambulance to a hospital.
Airport employees told KMBC's Peggy Breit that they heard several shots fired.
KMBC has a news crew at the scene. Refresh this page for updates.
If you watch the live reports on the site below, the helicopter pilot stated that they were taking off to cover the bank robbery and had no idea it had reached the airport. They told tower they saw activity on the airport and the controller was NOT aware that the police were on the airport and a shooting had taken place. They were actually landing planes on the runway parallel to the taxiway that this all took place on, about 100 feet to the right of the taxiway, as this was all happening.
Looking at the plane as well, look like they took out the engine, as there is considerable fluid under the cowling of the 172...
http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/4502589/detail.html
Shots Fired At Airport After Olathe Bank Heist
POSTED: 9:44 am CDT May 18, 2005
UPDATED: 10:22 am CDT May 18, 2005
OLATHE, Kan. -- Shots were fired at Johnson County Executive Airport after a brief chase that started as a bank heist.
Officers were called to the Capitol Federal Savings bank at 151st Street and Mur-Len at about 9 a.m.
KMBC photographer Jason Rhodes reported that the suspected bank robber left the bank in a gray van, apparently taking several bank employees hostage.
There was a chase that ended at the airport, where shots were fired. One person has been hurt. It is not clear who was hurt. That person was taken by air ambulance to a hospital.
Airport employees told KMBC's Peggy Breit that they heard several shots fired.
KMBC has a news crew at the scene. Refresh this page for updates.
