Reporters Blow Up Plane, Expose Security Lapses

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  • Опубліковано 30 бер 2008
  • 271 are dead after an Onion News Network Special Investigative Report on airport security.
    More coverage at: onion.com
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  • @chriswhited
    @chriswhited 4 роки тому +14297

    "viewers can get a full list of the components on our website" ..............priceless.

    • @pretzelbomb6105
      @pretzelbomb6105 4 роки тому +570

      Not quite, but $300 is a pretty good price range

    • @sd2645
      @sd2645 4 роки тому +118

      I went to their site and couldn't find them.

    • @101jir
      @101jir 3 роки тому +235

      My sister's DARE textbook included instructions on how to grow pot, or disguise shrooms and extacy. It was actually supposed to be a police training manual on what to look for / suspect just given straight to highschoolers without any significant alteration (I assume they just made it easier to read)
      edit: it wasn't DARE, just a regular health class

    • @oakoe188
      @oakoe188 3 роки тому +10

      @@zwickflixproductions4379 and a link to where you can buy them

    • @theredmonkey236
      @theredmonkey236 3 роки тому

      @@pretzelbomb6105 lol

  • @savvyb54
    @savvyb54 3 роки тому +18105

    Back when news reporters went the extra mile for our safety and not for views.
    R.I.P. 😢

    • @gv2807
      @gv2807 3 роки тому +31

      you're joking right?

    • @fancym1n
      @fancym1n 3 роки тому +798

      @@gv2807 he's not, im not seeing people sneaking bombs to an airport to test the security of airports, good old news.

    • @platogkrone7161
      @platogkrone7161 3 роки тому +267

      @@gv2807 Yes. You need to work on your Sarcasm Detector.

    • @lm_b5080
      @lm_b5080 3 роки тому +184

      they don't make journalists anymore like they used to

    • @breakingbacon658
      @breakingbacon658 3 роки тому +82

      @@lm_b5080 there’s a shortage of material to make a proper journalist right now.

  • @JordanTheMann
    @JordanTheMann 4 роки тому +31994

    In unrelated news, The Onion is currently looking to hire 3 more reporters!

    • @RainbowDashShadesOfApproval
      @RainbowDashShadesOfApproval 4 роки тому +596

      The listings have been open for over 9 years.

    • @detrockcity3
      @detrockcity3 4 роки тому +315

      Onion Then: Video
      Onion Now: This Comment

    • @4pm462
      @4pm462 4 роки тому +62

      @@detrockcity3 thats sad

    • @soap9373
      @soap9373 4 роки тому +11

      4 PM ?

    • @4pm462
      @4pm462 4 роки тому +53

      @@soap9373 He's saying the Onion is not as big as it used to be

  • @CWINDOWSsystem32
    @CWINDOWSsystem32 6 років тому +11642

    Now that's what I call proper investigative journalism!

    • @Mic_Glow
      @Mic_Glow 4 роки тому +136

      Truly dedicated. And they went into the field instead of reposting old news with a clickbait title.

    • @monkyfunny2171
      @monkyfunny2171 4 роки тому +28

      Now that’s what I call proper investigative terrorism!

    • @railfanatic1416
      @railfanatic1416 3 роки тому +3

      Bruh I found you again lmao, hello from beamng forums

    • @nvlkaaskop4340
      @nvlkaaskop4340 3 роки тому +8

      Making your own news

    • @IrrelevantPlease
      @IrrelevantPlease 3 роки тому +2

      @@nvlkaaskop4340 LOL

  • @ZhangtheGreat
    @ZhangtheGreat 8 років тому +30146

    I was on that flight and died during the crash. My family is now suing the government for every penny they have. This kind of security negligence is beyond unacceptable! What if these had been REAL terrorists? People could have DIED!

    • @StrazdasLT
      @StrazdasLT 7 років тому +983

      You could say its heavenly

    • @patientestant
      @patientestant 6 років тому +1307

      ZhangtheGreat, did you get better?

    • @fulcrum2951
      @fulcrum2951 5 років тому +1204

      @@patientestant he's ok but he died

    • @ammarakbar4510
      @ammarakbar4510 4 роки тому +97

      Undereted comment , very sad !!!

    • @LAnonHubbard
      @LAnonHubbard 4 роки тому +168

      My condolences would be with your family, had you dieded.

  • @trombonbe42288
    @trombonbe42288 13 років тому +20340

    "What you heard Brandon was our reporter pistol whipping an innocent women in the face while the flight attendants did nothing."

    • @csgrambauer5852
      @csgrambauer5852 6 років тому +358

      *woman

    • @alvallac2171
      @alvallac2171 4 роки тому +84

      *woman (singular)
      women = plural
      It's like "man" vs "men," but with wo- added on the front.

    • @raymondh5456
      @raymondh5456 4 роки тому +36

      *piss whipping
      The guy took out his wiener and smacked her wit it

    • @cooperanderson4609
      @cooperanderson4609 4 роки тому +88

      *thats just chilling*

    • @jakemartinez6894
      @jakemartinez6894 4 роки тому +22

      @@csgrambauer5852
      *No one cares*

  • @Sindraug25
    @Sindraug25 4 роки тому +2125

    "I'm told they could not even subdue our reporter, Dan Baker, who by the way, was in terrible shape."

    • @bensirach3586
      @bensirach3586 4 роки тому +10

      I would think so

    • @WhyAnkylobotsWillChangeWarfare
      @WhyAnkylobotsWillChangeWarfare 2 роки тому +20

      You're absolutely right

    • @palmerjacob39
      @palmerjacob39 Рік тому +20

      We have to worry about pre-diabetic terrorists too?! Omg I'm never flying again.

    • @enkandescent1591
      @enkandescent1591 8 місяців тому

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      SINS FOR FOR WE WHO HAVE FAITH AND TRUST AND BELIEVE INTO JESUS CHRIST THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION OUR TRUE SAVIOR, AND LORD, AND OUR TRUE HUSBAND, HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN OF ALL OUR SINS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE IN JESUS CHRIST BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AND WE KNOW THIS BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHOM HE GOD HAS GIVEN US AS A SEAL AND TESTIMONY TO TESTIFY TO US THAT WE BELONG TO CHRIST AND ARE SAVED IN CHRIST JESUS BY THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD WHICH HE SHED FOR US UPON HIS CROSS IN JESUS NAME I DECLARE THIS OVER YOU AMEN! AMEN! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE GOD!

    • @enkandescent1591
      @enkandescent1591 8 місяців тому

      THERE'S A GOD WHO LOVES YOU BRO! FATHER GOD LOVE YOU MORE THAN YOU CAN EVER IMAGINE!!!!!! HE LOVES YOU!!!! JESUS CHRIST LOVES YOU!!! HOLY SPIRIT LOVES YOU!!!! PLEASE SEEK GOD OUT WITH YOUR WHOLE HEART AND YOU WILL FIND HIM AND HE WILL SHOW AND REVEAL HIMSELF TO YOU!!!!! JUST ASK HIM!!!! PRAY AND ASK JESUS INTO YOUR HEART BRO!!!!!! 😇✝️❤️🙌👏🙏👍🙂😊👍🙌❤️✝️😇
      PUT YOUR FAITH AND TRUST IN JESUS CHRIST AND HIS FINISHED WORK UPON THE CROSS ON WHICH HE SHED HIS BLOOD FOR OUR FORGIVENESS OF SINS AND HEALING BECAUSE YOU MUST BE BORN AGAIN TO HAVE GOD'S TRUE FORGIVENESS OF SIN and TRUE HEALING and TRUE PEACE and TRUE REST FOR YOUR SOUL AND TRUST AND BELIEVE IN HIS RESURRECTION BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST BY WHICH HE ROSE AGAIN TO GIVE US HIS ETERNAL EVERLASTING LIFE AND IN HIS ASCENSION TO THE RIGHT HAND OF GOD OUR FATHER AFTER WHICH HE SENT THE HOLY SPIRIT TO US YOU AND ME DID WE MAY ALL BE ABLE TO BELIEVE AND TRUST AND KNOW THAT GOD IS TRUE AND REAL AND EXISTS AND BE BORN AGAIN BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY GHOST WHO CONVICTS US OF OUR SINS END OF THE JUDGMENT OF THE WORLD AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD FOR IT IS ONLY THROUGH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST AND HIS FINISHED WORK UPON THE CROSS (NOT OUR OWN WORKS BUT HIS) THAT WE CAN
      EVEN BE MADE RIGHTEOUS AT ALL BEFORE GOD THE FATHER FOR OUR SINS ARE MANY BUT GOD RICH IN MERCY SENT HIS SON JESUS CHRIST WHO IS GOD HIMSELF IN HUMAN FORM YET WITHOUT SIN TO BE THE PERFECT SACRIFICE FOR OUR SINS TO TAKE THE PUNISHMENT THAT WE DESERVED FOR OUR SINS UPON HIMSELF SO THAT WE COULD BE FORGIVEN AND BE SPARED GOD'S WRATH FOR OUR SINS AND INSTEAD BE JUSTIFIED BEFORE GOD AND HAVE HIS SALVATION AND HIS ETERNAL EVERLASTING LIFE AND NO LONGER FEAR THE STING OF DEATH AND FEAR GOING TO HELL BUT INSTEAD REMAIN AT REST IN GOD THROUGH CHRIST BY GRACE THROUGH FAITH ABIDING GOD'S TRUE REST AND TRUE PEACE WHICH SURPASSES ALL UNDERSTANDING AND IN GOD'S THE FULL OF ASSURANCE OF SALVATION KNOWING THAT WE HAVE ETERNAL LIFE (AND THOUGH OUR FLESHLY BODIES WON'T LAST FOREVER) OUR SOULS WILL GO ON AND LIVE FOREVER AND GO TO HEAVEN TO BE HOME WITH GOD OUR FATHER AND NOT DIE AND GO TO HELL FOR OUR
      SINS FOR FOR WE WHO HAVE FAITH AND TRUST AND BELIEVE INTO JESUS CHRIST THE ROCK OF OUR SALVATION OUR TRUE SAVIOR, AND LORD, AND OUR TRUE HUSBAND, HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN OF ALL OUR SINS PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE IN JESUS CHRIST BY THE BLOOD OF CHRIST AND WE KNOW THIS BY HIS HOLY SPIRIT WHOM HE GOD HAS GIVEN US AS A SEAL AND TESTIMONY TO TESTIFY TO US THAT WE BELONG TO CHRIST AND ARE SAVED IN CHRIST JESUS BY THE POWER OF HIS BLOOD WHICH HE SHED FOR US UPON HIS CROSS IN JESUS NAME I DECLARE THIS OVER YOU AMEN! AMEN! HALLELUJAH! PRAISE GOD!

  • @zba113
    @zba113 6 років тому +5094

    God bless the men exposing such security flaws 🤧🤧

    • @ewqdsacxz765
      @ewqdsacxz765 4 роки тому +127

      Two men and one woman.

    • @jonahh2829
      @jonahh2829 4 роки тому +3

      You realize the onion is a satire channel right ? None of this really happened.

    • @echodec
      @echodec 4 роки тому +186

      @@jonahh2829 I cant believe youd say that people trying to expose the governments laziness and help protect our country are a "satire channel"

    • @jonahh2829
      @jonahh2829 4 роки тому +1

      @@echodec their website practically says they are . Unless of course you believe that "members of its editorial board have served with distinction in an advisory capacity for such nations as China, Syria, Somalia, and the former Soviet Union. "

    • @jonahh2829
      @jonahh2829 4 роки тому +5

      It also says "he Onionnow enjoys a daily readership of 4.3 trillion and has grown into the single most powerful and influential organization in human history."
      For starters there aren't even 4.3 trillion humans alive today much less reading the onion.
      Mind you this is from the onion itself.

  • @FruitBruteIII
    @FruitBruteIII 15 років тому +7893

    My mother was on that plane, and I know in my heart that she would have praised your efforts in trying to raise concerns over safety standards that may have saved her life! Great job and God Bless You!

  • @AnyoneCanSee
    @AnyoneCanSee 7 років тому +3587

    "After the break we talk to relatives of the victims," hilarious.

    • @Blade_of_Tomoe
      @Blade_of_Tomoe 5 місяців тому +4

      A rare sight indeed. A comment with 3.2k likes and no responses.

  • @thefrub
    @thefrub 4 роки тому +8262

    I love that 10 years after these videos were made, the Onion is blowing up on youtube

    • @Honest_Grifter
      @Honest_Grifter 4 роки тому +381

      They're blowing up because people have finally had enough of the fake news featuring boring topics that shows up on CNN and the like... The Onion knows that if you're going to completely fabricate news articles, at least make them top notch entertainment... I vote we give the airport news contract to The Onion!!

    • @sektret1107
      @sektret1107 4 роки тому +146

      @@Honest_Grifter don't forget FOX

    • @FrogWalrus
      @FrogWalrus 4 роки тому +55

      Fox has nothing on CNN, the reigning kings of fake news.

    • @IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch
      @IHateYoutubeHandlesVeryMuch 4 роки тому +166

      @@FrogWalrus Statistics have shown Fox News to voice opinions/lies than facts twice more than CNN. So both suck, but Fox news should be glad they're the biggest lie out there.

    • @FrogWalrus
      @FrogWalrus 4 роки тому +52

      @@IHateUA-camHandlesVeryMuch No they haven't. You need to source that, or I'm calling your bias. CNN has entire compilation videos dedicated to them cutting people off that go against their narrative. MSNBC, NBC, CBS, and Fox combined have less inaccuracies than CNN.
      The whole Fox News is more biased perception seems to be based around the opinions of their conservative political commentators, and not the actual information being introduced in news segments.

  • @kormagogthedestroyer
    @kormagogthedestroyer 3 роки тому +1084

    This is awful! How could airport security just kill these innocent people?

    • @pltatman1
      @pltatman1 3 роки тому +60

      It's the right thing to do. These horrible security lapses must be exposed or even more people may die. I personally knew one of the people on this flight, and as heartbroken as I am over losing Aunt Betty, I couldn't live with myself if I knew that this lax security was allowed to continue.

    • @wolfhunt8400
      @wolfhunt8400 2 роки тому

      @@pltatman1 they just murdered 271 people ATLEAST NOT REALLY DETONATE THE BOMB YOU KILLED 271 POEPLE YOU COULD HAVE JUST STOPPED THE BOM BEFORE IT DETONATED AND TO SELL THE PARTS PF OT ALLOWING MORE DAMAGE AFTERWARDS ITS HORRIBLE

    • @pltatman1
      @pltatman1 2 роки тому +17

      @@wolfhunt8400 Water under the bridge. Or people floating under the bridge? I don't know, I'm not good at metaphors.

    • @pltatman1
      @pltatman1 2 роки тому +23

      @@wolfhunt8400 If those people were alive now, they'd be complaining about lax security just like the rest of us. Can't make an omelette without cracking some eggs. Unless you use those eggs that come in the pourable carton. I can't buy that stuff though, it freaks me out.

    • @jacobfromallstate4963
      @jacobfromallstate4963 2 роки тому +10

      Brilliant work by those journalists. RIP to all those innocents who died though. Terrible how the TSA security could do something so heinous ❤️ prayers go out to the families.

  • @jeb31415
    @jeb31415 11 років тому +8495

    "American students lead the world in speaking unaccented English" -- Lol.

    • @hotstuffwatcher
      @hotstuffwatcher 4 роки тому +157

      These reports havent met southerners lol

    • @SA2004YG
      @SA2004YG 4 роки тому +69

      @@hotstuffwatcher woosh

    • @Reydriel
      @Reydriel 4 роки тому +41

      So, British English? :D

    • @Laurarat
      @Laurarat 4 роки тому +36

      @@SA2004YG nah b u got wooshed

    • @jeffthevomitguy1178
      @jeffthevomitguy1178 4 роки тому +20

      @@Reydrielthe British speak with more of an accent than America does.

  • @zacklangley951
    @zacklangley951 8 років тому +2723

    it's just a prank, bro.

  • @_zoid
    @_zoid 8 місяців тому +133

    Wow. The audacity of that lady to make a call from her cell phone mid-flight - risking radio frequency interference that could have adversely affected the plane’s critical systems - is simply obscene. Reckless. She could have killed everyone on board.

  • @Cbrunning849
    @Cbrunning849 3 роки тому +1294

    Although no one made it out alive, it is good to know these types of reports are being done for the safety of the nation. That airport should be ashamed of themselves to put innocent people at risk. Rip to the brave reporters who died during this trying to make the world a safer place.

  • @FelisBX7
    @FelisBX7 4 роки тому +500

    "In the *six years* since the tragedy of 911"
    That hit so hard...

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 4 роки тому +10

      Tell me about it. I was only 24/25.

    • @diyimprover6887
      @diyimprover6887 3 роки тому +66

      @@aaronmarks9366 Nearly everyone was younger then.

    • @aaronmarks9366
      @aaronmarks9366 3 роки тому +118

      @@diyimprover6887 "Nearly" lmao

    • @liviotti939
      @liviotti939 3 роки тому +12

      DIY Improver I want the unaging potion too man

    • @harrisonwestphall2381
      @harrisonwestphall2381 3 роки тому +1

      @@aaronmarks9366 In 2007 I was 10.

  • @danktank5193
    @danktank5193 4 роки тому +626

    I really got a Delta ad on this video

    • @sontang5621
      @sontang5621 4 роки тому

      First reply after 252 likes and 5 months.

    • @cart4092
      @cart4092 4 роки тому +7

      son tang if only dislikes worked

    • @notjered8911
      @notjered8911 3 роки тому +2

      yes cause it has the word plane in the title, thats why you got a delta ad

    • @bluesteel8376
      @bluesteel8376 3 роки тому +1

      @@notjered8911 no shit sherlock

    • @blazerocker1734
      @blazerocker1734 3 роки тому +3

      It would have been gansta if it had been a Continental ad.

  • @sprungmonkey6inches
    @sprungmonkey6inches 6 років тому +840

    I'm glad TheOnion is focusing on prosecuting the TSA individuals responsible for allowing this tragedy to happen.

  • @profblack
    @profblack 3 роки тому +392

    RIP to those reporters. True heroes for exposing the lazy, corner cutting TSA and flight attendants. The flight crew got what was coming to them.

  • @Longlivetrance1
    @Longlivetrance1 15 років тому +390

    "that was our reporter pistol-whiping an innocent passenger" had me ROLLING!!! :D

  • @MrEazyE357
    @MrEazyE357 4 роки тому +283

    I love how UA-cam has helpfully labeled this video "No Mature Content".

  • @kendog84bsc
    @kendog84bsc 4 роки тому +304

    Thank you so much for exposing the security flaws of TSA's bomb detection procedure. This is the real journalism, Onion. My friend O'Niel is very proud of her wife who was one of the reporters on the plane.

    • @kendog84bsc
      @kendog84bsc 4 роки тому +8

      Oh sorry, typo. It's not "my friend," but "my father" rather.

    • @wolfhunt8400
      @wolfhunt8400 2 роки тому

      @@kendog84bsc is this a joke?

    • @pyrenviii3053
      @pyrenviii3053 Рік тому +8

      @@wolfhunt8400 airport security is never a joke.

    • @wako1576
      @wako1576 Рік тому +5

      Your friend's wife is a hero. 14 years later and I can't imagine the lives saved by her.

  • @2headedtasman200
    @2headedtasman200 4 роки тому +330

    I used the terrorism to destroy the terrorism.

    • @PikachuLittle
      @PikachuLittle 3 роки тому

      hamza abid kill em all and let Obama sort them out

  • @BlackCowboy0
    @BlackCowboy0 3 роки тому +180

    My history teacher literally plays onion videos if we finish our work early.

    • @luciuswhite4502
      @luciuswhite4502 3 роки тому +25

      Your teacher seems nice

    • @i-dislike-handles
      @i-dislike-handles 3 роки тому +14

      My old government teacher would show us SNL skits, but the old ones that were actually funny and not the shitty new ones

    • @augustoliver715
      @augustoliver715 3 роки тому +25

      My old social studies teacher made us read 3 onion articles for class once, and asked us after if we thought anything was weird about them. I wasn't suspicious until the 3rd one that said "90% of Americans don't give a fuck".

    • @BlackCowboy0
      @BlackCowboy0 3 роки тому +3

      @@augustoliver715 you weren’t reading good enough onion articles to not be suspicious just by the title

    • @augustoliver715
      @augustoliver715 3 роки тому +12

      @@BlackCowboy0 Yeah I think he chose some less suspect ones. I think the last one was pretty suspicious but we were also in like 6th or 7th grade at the time so we were all a little dumb.

  • @abrahamthebewildered1448
    @abrahamthebewildered1448 3 роки тому +78

    This is beyond outrageous!
    I hope The Onion sues the government for allowing their reporters to die like that!

  • @pltatman1
    @pltatman1 2 роки тому +107

    This is top notch investigative reporting. In these times of partisan journalism, it is so refreshing to see an unbiased viewpoint. They stayed the course, didn't get caught up in the trivialities of who killed who, and unearthed some serious security lapses. Well done.

    • @2019inuyasha
      @2019inuyasha Рік тому +1

      A news network that goes the extra mile

  • @br_andn
    @br_andn Рік тому +51

    My mom used to watch and listen to the onion when i was a kid and I actually thought it was news so I always tuned out. I didn't know my mother had such humor back then. Most of these videos are gold

    • @Helloworld-dt3be
      @Helloworld-dt3be Рік тому +6

      That’s actually adorable lol. That’s hilarious

    • @nirv
      @nirv Рік тому

      She wasn't laughing? Maybe she thought it was real.

    • @br_andn
      @br_andn Рік тому +6

      @nirvgorilla I find the onion very humorous and entertaining, but I don't neccesarily laugh out loud while watching/ listening. Same with movies/TV. It takes a lot to make most people vocally laugh out loud from media and entertainment

    • @mueezadam8438
      @mueezadam8438 Рік тому +2

      @@br_andn very true. Perhaps it's even just down to the type of comedy you watch; clever jokes are more of a slow burn that you can long after return to in your mind for a bit of enjoyment. Also I think it's so sweet that you remember watching media near/with your mother. I had the same thing with my father who was rather stoic and yet loved watching romcoms like 'I Love Lucy'.

  • @cobradragon-wt4tp
    @cobradragon-wt4tp 4 роки тому +38

    I love how the FAA actually tried something like this (without blowing up planes, ofc) and like 60% of the investigators they used made it through security

    • @ocbee6175
      @ocbee6175 4 роки тому +5

      cobradragon4373 94%

    • @lancelotto475
      @lancelotto475 10 місяців тому

      I think that's the job of the Government Accountability Office. They conduct sting operations to see if government agencies are actually being diligent and doing their jobs.

  • @philbe3095
    @philbe3095 4 роки тому +43

    I can't decide what's more gut busting hilarious, the writing, or the straight faced acting! Excellent formula

  • @andrewjgrimm
    @andrewjgrimm Рік тому +42

    Like the passengers on the plane, this never gets old.

  • @ivanmolina5203
    @ivanmolina5203 3 роки тому +98

    My greatest fear is waking up in The Onion news universe but then I realize I might as well be anyways

  • @Point5_
    @Point5_ Рік тому +17

    The depression on his face when he hears the woman getting beat up turning into anger when the other guy accuses security

  • @ParzivalTheThird
    @ParzivalTheThird 3 роки тому +30

    “Viewers can get a full list of the components on our website.”

    • @joimumu
      @joimumu 2 роки тому

      That was the best part

  • @jasperzanovich2504
    @jasperzanovich2504 4 роки тому +55

    Now here is the most important question:
    How did they get the pistol on the plane?

    • @Twigpi
      @Twigpi 4 роки тому +22

      They smuggled it inside of the bomb.

    • @seuchenvater5687
      @seuchenvater5687 4 роки тому +17

      @@Twigpi how do you hide the bomb?
      The answer is inside the box magazine of your m249 machine gun that they allowed you to take on the flight because it's your "emotional support machine gun". Works every time

    • @isobutyl
      @isobutyl 4 роки тому +2

      It’s America, you can buy pistols as fucking souvenirs at the flight stand

    • @isaacbruner65
      @isaacbruner65 4 роки тому +1

      @@isobutyl No you can't buy firearms at an airport, and you can't take firearms onto a plane.

    • @isobutyl
      @isobutyl 4 роки тому +2

      Isaac Bruner I was exaggerating bro, chill Tf out . Also yes you can have firearms on planes, there’s paperwork and licensing for it and you even have to bring it in its own special locked casing to make sure it isn’t tampered with during the flight

  • @tonyjaa3313
    @tonyjaa3313 3 місяці тому +8

    "..what you just heard was our reporter pistol whipping...." lost it

    • @GrogGurgler
      @GrogGurgler Місяць тому

      And the flight attendants did nothing about it

  • @charlesajones77
    @charlesajones77 2 роки тому +64

    There was a real case where a TV news magazine show (I forget which one) hired a couple of cute girls to talk their way into being let in a college physics department's nuclear reactor. They wanted to demonstrate the lack of security at these facilities. In one instance, they were allowed to bring a duffel bag in with them, which they left next to the reactor. It could easily have been a bomb.

    • @Kushufy
      @Kushufy Рік тому

      how could it easily have been a bomb lmao

    • @smurfyday
      @smurfyday Рік тому

      @@Kushufy You have a brain inside your head. Use it.

    • @momom6197
      @momom6197 Рік тому +11

      @@Kushufy Because a duffel bag is big enough to hide a bomb in; this implies that the duffel bag was not allowed because it did not contain a bomb, but rather that if it did contain a bomb, it could have been brought as well.

  • @Bartooc
    @Bartooc 4 роки тому +107

    theonion/how-to-build-a-bomb
    404 / No posts found for this tag
    Fix your damn website. I wanted to recreate this experiment, now I guess I'll have to do something else over the weekend.

    • @3DaarkPunchers
      @3DaarkPunchers 3 роки тому +2

      *nervously laughs*

    • @jonathanallard2128
      @jonathanallard2128 3 роки тому +9

      Don't worry there's plenty of horrible shit to fill your weekend with. There are still plenty of Iraqi hospitals left unbombed, American schools yet unshot, sidewalk-crossing grannies to trip, candies to lace with razor blades, etc. Come on man, get creative! There's plenty of wholesome activities to do with your family.

    • @kritishrivastava3602
      @kritishrivastava3602 3 роки тому +3

      @@jonathanallard2128 you seem to have all the fun ideas for a family weekend

    • @jonathanallard2128
      @jonathanallard2128 3 роки тому +4

      @@kritishrivastava3602 Yes I have two daughters and we do these very often. It's family bonding time, very wholesome. Audrey is so smart you should see how she found a more subtle way to steal puppies from homeless people without getting caught! She's just so sweet!

  • @IDontBuyIt50
    @IDontBuyIt50 10 місяців тому +12

    I live for these decade old Onion drops into my feed.

  • @blackmagician7645
    @blackmagician7645 4 роки тому +42

    A news station working hard to keep all of the rest of us safe from harm in the world. GOD bless the Onion news.

  • @filipw8050
    @filipw8050 3 роки тому +100

    Thanks to these journalists we're safe. This is what real journalism is about. Exposing the truth no matter the cost.

  • @killerlork
    @killerlork 3 місяці тому +4

    The fact that this starts with "6 years after 9/11" just threw me completely

  • @Omgacow1000
    @Omgacow1000 8 місяців тому +11

    We will never see journalists like these again

  • @amarokdcs1062
    @amarokdcs1062 Рік тому +14

    "Viewers can get a full list of components on our website", im fucking dying here

  • @kevintan6490
    @kevintan6490 3 роки тому +36

    I just love authentic journalism

  • @johndoll4774
    @johndoll4774 3 роки тому +26

    how kind of these reporters to test the planes durability.

  • @woodenchairofwood419
    @woodenchairofwood419 2 роки тому +30

    I salute these absolute heroes for exposing these disgusting flaws in airport security.

  • @MyFortressConstruction
    @MyFortressConstruction 4 роки тому +43

    I feel much safer knowing ONN is around.

  • @lithostheory
    @lithostheory 9 місяців тому +9

    This is the kind of investigative reporting we need right now!

  • @jordanmicahcook
    @jordanmicahcook 4 роки тому +15

    Imagine sending this to a friend who’s about to get on a flight...

  • @thepixelatedpie
    @thepixelatedpie 2 роки тому +14

    I love how the title actually fits exactly what is shown There is no flashy clickbait title, just hard, cold, true news.

  • @SweetBerryWine3000
    @SweetBerryWine3000 2 роки тому +18

    Never Forget those 3 brave reporters. ✈️
    Their colors did not run, and united they stood. 🙏🦅

  • @catversus6777
    @catversus6777 2 роки тому +6

    I'm glad it's from an investigative journalism and not from a real terrorist attack

  • @douglaspinsak1246
    @douglaspinsak1246 Рік тому +17

    Going the extra mile to expose the inadequacies of the TSA--I think we can all agree that these undercover reporters are national heroes.

  • @nastynick7425
    @nastynick7425 3 роки тому +3

    I can appreciate when my favorite news team goes that extra step. It's for our safety y'all

  • @ceilingsandfloors
    @ceilingsandfloors 2 роки тому +15

    I hope the Onion were compensated generously by the government for the loss of their journalists. Disgraceful.

  • @felixgutierrez993
    @felixgutierrez993 3 роки тому +35

    9/11 Joke in 2020: Yo man too soon...
    The Onion 2007:

  • @paulwilliams4862
    @paulwilliams4862 3 роки тому +6

    Sadly the full list of the components were not on their website

  • @holdenhurtuk7266
    @holdenhurtuk7266 4 роки тому +1

    Truly saving lives. Thank you

  • @DRourkey
    @DRourkey 4 місяці тому +1

    Thank you for keeping us safe with your reporting

  • @ayodub
    @ayodub 3 роки тому +17

    The headlines at the bottom are always so great and deserve their own videos: "American students lead the world in speaking unaccented English"

  • @cedarflags
    @cedarflags 8 місяців тому +5

    Inside edition has really upped their game

  • @krumcap
    @krumcap Рік тому +1

    Thanks for the idea! I wasn’t sure how I would do this but now I can thanks to you’re video

  • @Scrubwave
    @Scrubwave 3 роки тому +13

    Now this is journalism.

  • @dylankennedy4539
    @dylankennedy4539 2 роки тому +23

    This is so shocking. Kudos to the brave reporters for their diligent investigation. I hope the families are doing okay, that Airline should be ashamed

  • @genericfakename8197
    @genericfakename8197 7 років тому +125

    I want to see if www.theonion.com/how-to-build-a-bomb has any funny easter egg articles, but I'm about 80% sure entering that address will have FBI at my house in seconds.

    • @droidBasher
      @droidBasher 7 років тому +62

      The page you were seeking burned down.
      The Cambodian sweatshop where every letter of The Onion is hand-stitched onto the internet recently burned to the ground, claiming the lives of hundreds of underage laborers and webpages. The URL you were looking for was tragically among those lost.

  • @premierexterior8720
    @premierexterior8720 3 місяці тому +2

    Shocking! 😮

  • @icantthinkofaname4265
    @icantthinkofaname4265 4 роки тому +153

    Honestly if reporters committed crimes to show flaws in the system, that would probably solve most our problems.

    • @j.prt.979
      @j.prt.979 4 роки тому +14

      I Can't think of a name it would get rid of the reporters *and* expose security weaknesses. Two birds with one stone!

    • @Dnznxbebwushdn
      @Dnznxbebwushdn 4 роки тому +24

      In reality it probably wouldn't, the idea behind modern flight security isn't "detect bombs before they get on the flight" it's "jam up the sheer amount of things that really don't do anything but look like they do, so people feel safe. " so they would really just make the equipment more fancy increase checks on people and not introduce new equipment that stops what caused the bombs to be smuggled in the first place. Even if they did get new equipment to stop that bombing, they need to think about other ways we could be attacked and prevent them. Edit: I only thought about this after, how many people have you seen saying something like 'oh whenever I go on flights I get woried that I somehow smuggled a bomb' that means that the airport security is too threating and not even good at what they do anyway.

    • @wolfhunt8400
      @wolfhunt8400 2 роки тому

      @@Dnznxbebwushdn I agree but tsa just killed 271 people just NOT DETONATE THE FREAKING BOMB WHAT YOU DID BEFORE WAS ENOUGH TO SHOW AIRLINES LACK PF SECURITY JEUSUS PLEASE TOSS THOSE BASTARDS INTP HELL

    • @lancelotto475
      @lancelotto475 10 місяців тому

      John Oliver isn't a real journalist, but he once set up a church called "Our Lady of Perpetual Exemption" to test how easy it was to start a religious nonprofit and fleece people for money (as televangelists do).

    • @PRubin-rh4sr
      @PRubin-rh4sr 6 місяців тому +1

      If reporters did that, those Columbian cocaine dealers wont let cameras inside their farms anymore.

  • @brokenbrain13
    @brokenbrain13 14 років тому +6

    I love the old reporter in these videos.
    His face when he listens to the passenger getting beat is hilarious!
    "That's just chilling" haha

  • @organicgreenpeace6360
    @organicgreenpeace6360 10 місяців тому +5

    "who by the way was in terrible shape" lol

  • @soldofpol7026
    @soldofpol7026 2 роки тому +10

    Cutting edge journalism from the onion once again. Thank God these reporters exposed these security lapses or some real damage could've been done.

  • @watsontyler42
    @watsontyler42 3 роки тому +12

    "In the six years since 9/11"
    How to make me feel old first thing in the morning.
    Thanks youtube 👍

  • @shobhit2197
    @shobhit2197 5 років тому +656

    Video is corrupted

    • @ZZJeffree
      @ZZJeffree 5 років тому +20

      From another threat, someone re-uploaded a low-res version ua-cam.com/video/kQnidY7_9WM/v-deo.html

    • @Alex-fu4md
      @Alex-fu4md 5 років тому +17

      Didn't even know that was possible on UA-cam....shit's actually kinda scary

    • @games528
      @games528 4 роки тому +21

      Not anymore

    • @tuttosalve8352
      @tuttosalve8352 4 роки тому +16

      Works fine for me

    • @jbkesselman
      @jbkesselman 4 роки тому +10

      It is fine!

  • @chamuuemura5314
    @chamuuemura5314 8 місяців тому +5

    I always thought Americans’ national debt was from irresponsible government spending. Now I realize it’s from all these lawsuits from courageous investigative journalism.

    • @flat-earther
      @flat-earther 7 місяців тому

      hi chamuuemura, have you become a flat earther yet?

  • @ezrakirkpatrick5365
    @ezrakirkpatrick5365 Рік тому +8

    Thank goodness for those reporters! I feel safer on every flight thanks to them!

  • @admiralrhino4049
    @admiralrhino4049 3 роки тому +1

    That's real journalism right there. True commitment

  • @redpanda8598
    @redpanda8598 2 роки тому +3

    Such a tragedy. Thank God security has gone up since then. To those lost, R.I.P. To the families who've had to deal with this pain for so long, Godspeed.

  • @Thefuryspeed100
    @Thefuryspeed100 2 роки тому +5

    It breaks my heart to read new comments eating the onion and replies going "Woosh" and "Its a joke"

    • @Aroused_mortician
      @Aroused_mortician 2 роки тому +2

      Such a disgusted display of unintelligible people, spitting on the sacrifice the ONN reporters gave. To open the eyes of all Americans to the disatisfactory and poor security measures of the TSA. Thanks to the onion we are safer than ever.
      God bless America and her g@ys.

    • @VanessaMagick
      @VanessaMagick 2 роки тому +2

      These are the same folk who tell people about their own surprise birthday parties

  • @the_endling
    @the_endling Рік тому

    Priceless !

  • @gundamserpent5818
    @gundamserpent5818 4 роки тому +58

    So, UA-cam *_does_* have a sense of humor to put this in with my "Recommended" videos after what just happened...

    • @mattep74
      @mattep74 4 роки тому +4

      Well, that plane was not technically destroyed by a bomb

    • @AMalas
      @AMalas 4 роки тому +9

      2020 is so freaking bad that I can literally not for the life of me remember what happened when this was posted

    • @grootsyt
      @grootsyt 3 роки тому +2

      @@AMalas same

    • @natew4724
      @natew4724 3 роки тому +2

      @@AMalas apparently a plane was shot down in iran :(

    • @raftlack4326
      @raftlack4326 3 роки тому +2

      @@AMalas just here in the future to remind ya that 2021 aint much better

  • @bigdundee12345
    @bigdundee12345 3 роки тому +3

    Great job guys, i feel much safer with reporters like this around, uncovering security lapses like this.

  • @JMM599
    @JMM599 7 місяців тому +4

    This one hits close to home. I live nearby and could’ve been killed

  • @lynco3296
    @lynco3296 10 місяців тому +2

    Chilling.

  • @NexusDarkworld338
    @NexusDarkworld338 3 роки тому +15

    I've gotten past American security before. They confiscated one bottle from my bag because it might have a harmful liquid, but didn't check again to see if that's all I had. Luckily for them, my second bottle was cola. I drank it on the flight.

  • @AntoniOrszykowski
    @AntoniOrszykowski 8 місяців тому +4

    😂😂😂. I knew that apart from derailing trains to prove lack of safety there must be more than that.

  • @ProductionsDemented
    @ProductionsDemented 4 роки тому +4

    Wasn't expecting them to mention my hometown's airport, I fly through that one every year now 0_o Hopefully the great work of these journalist helped them make it more secure!

  • @Saxxin1
    @Saxxin1 3 роки тому

    This is gold.

  • @RespecterAlexander
    @RespecterAlexander 3 місяці тому +3

    What a great The Onion video!

  • @rainick
    @rainick 3 роки тому +6

    To be fair, this is pretty accurate to the actual performance of TSA

  • @dohboi6987
    @dohboi6987 2 роки тому

    OMG I miss this content. It's extremely funny & well produced to be made to look low budget & serious. Kudos

  • @sameggenton1077
    @sameggenton1077 4 роки тому

    Thank goodness

  • @sashaw5283
    @sashaw5283 3 роки тому +12

    UA-cam recommendations have a very strange sense of humor.

  • @Jacky-zt5ch
    @Jacky-zt5ch Рік тому +3

    Now this is proper journalism

  • @BAGELMENSK
    @BAGELMENSK 4 роки тому

    Thanks for keeping us safe, The Onion!

  • @seventhportal
    @seventhportal 3 роки тому +2

    Another hard-hitting piece from the onion, much like the way the plane hit the ground hard after plummeting for several minutes at high speed. I'm glad the onion is able to keep us safe with pieces like this.

  • @aidanmullard8508
    @aidanmullard8508 2 роки тому +7

    The onion, where I can watch videos that are 12 years old and still chuckle, and fear for the future.

  • @bobsmith-ph6gu
    @bobsmith-ph6gu 3 роки тому +3

    Say what you will, that's some dedicated reporting

  • @seanmurphy7845
    @seanmurphy7845 4 роки тому +1

    My first trip on a plane and I got selected for a ‘random’ search.
    That was obviously rather nerve-racking.

  • @beanos5240
    @beanos5240 3 роки тому +2

    I’ve been waiting for this sequel a long time...

  • @DaddyD123
    @DaddyD123 5 років тому +19

    You can’t report for playback issue. It’s like UA-cam only cares if it’s offensive or not.