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enneagram personality

Enneagram Type 7:Epicure, Entertainer, Optimist, Adventurer or Rationalizer
Overview
You want to be fascinating, fascinated, optimistic and enthusiastic. More importantly, you want to be stimulated, creative, positive and excited. You see yourself as visionary, diverse and playful. You would like others to see you as interesting, sophisticated and fun loving. Your idealized image is that you are happy and joyful.
Outgoing and spontaneous, you love anything that is new, novel or unusual. A charmed charmer, you are fascinated by people, places and ideas. Upbeat, positive and optimistic, you naturally cheer up and inspire others. Quick to laugh and make a joke, you easily entertain people. You are also easily entertained. An idealist and visionary, you strive to create a paradise on earth by sharing your vision of love, equality and freedom. A ‘jack of all trades’, you often have diverse skills and interests. You are innovative, multi-talented, creative and at home in the world of things and experiences.
Like the hummingbird that moves in a frenzied blur from flower to flower, you seek the sweet nectar of excitement, new experiences, people and travel. If life gets you down, you escape your anxiety and boredom through variety and activity. Uneasiness is kept at bay by keeping busy with interesting and diverse experiences. Seeking a positive future with unlimited possibilities, you believe that the sky is the limit. You enjoy new ideas and live in the world of your imagination where you can manifest your dreams. You have a talent for squeezing the boredom and monotony out of routine tasks, turning the mundane into the magical.
A creative spirit, you need to be free to follow your heart. Eternally young, you have the light-heartedness of a precocious child or court jester. For you, love is about giving and getting your way – if you are loved, you will be indulged. Even if you are shy, you wish to be seen as a cool, hip, trendsetter. At times, you may act superior to others – even though you may secretly fear that you are inferior to them. An equalitarian, you enjoy people from all walks of life. Rather than buck authority, you find the way around it. Using your quick wit, bright eyes and ready smile, you have a knack for avoiding and diffusing conflict.
NeedYou need self-confidence, options, patience and to be noticed by others. Also, you need to be positive and optimistic. Because you are always on the lookout for the BBD (bigger, better, deal), you need plans that are flexible and fluid. If you have open-ended plans, you can go with the flow. Flexibility gives you the option to change your mind at the last minute.
AvoidYou avoid boredom, sadness and emotional pain. You fear limitation, feeling trapped or appearing inferior. Feeling incomplete or confined, or missing out are among your deepest fears. You avoid painful emotions because you are afraid that you will become overwhelmed if you talk about or feel them. You also avoid negative people as they can bring you down. This can lead you to avoid the present by living in a future fantasy of plans.
VirtueYour greatest strengths are your visionary abilities, to think or do things in new ways and to manifest joyful abundance. You are loving, creative and generous. Like a colorful hot air balloon that takes people above life’s troubles, you are an angel of mercy who deals out random acts of kindness to those in need. You can’t bear to see people sad or suffering, and you take it as your personal responsibility to ensure that others experience happiness, joy and fun in their lives. Because you are innovative, you can easily turn lemons into lemonade and a lemonade stand into a successful business.
Vice
Your vices are gluttony, overdoing and seeking stimulation until you collapse or become ill. In order for you to experience joy and fulfillment, it is critical that you follow through on your ideas by realizing them. If your dreams remain unmet, you can become jaded, selfish and/or greedy. As you become increasingly self-indulgent and lose your sense of commitment and follow through, you can become flaky, letting commitments slide and people down. You can also be dogmatic and overly critical of others. If you have clamped down on your excessive ways, you may judge those who are mirrors of your indulgent past.
Attention
Your attention goes to a positive future, planning, your imagination and multiple options. You can become paralyzed by options because you are afraid of missing out. You may feel like a child running down the aisles of a toy store who is fearful of choosing one toy and missing out on the rest.
Spiritual Path
Your spiritual journey is to search for right work and focused concentration. Spiritual growth will come to you when you approach life with disciplined sobriety instead of getting high on new ideas, options and plans. Like a stone skipping across a lake that sinks deeply when it comes to rest, you will do well to slow down, experience your inner depths, and focus on completion.
Mantra
Freedom will exist when you accept the limitations of the present moment. Remember that envisioning something is not the same as manifesting it. True freedom comes with commitment and hard work – not from having unlimited options.
Wing
If you are the Enneagram Type 7 with the 6 Wing, you desire to be eye-catching. You see yourself as exciting, relaxed, creative, curious, bright, alive and witty.
If you are the Enneagram Type 7 with the 8 Wing, you desire to be a free spirit. You see yourself as free, passionate, loving, adventurous, strong and creative.
Famous 7s
Steve Allen, Tim Allen, Desi Arnaz, Antonio Banderas, Jack Benny, Chuck Berry, Jacqueline Bisset, Sonny Bono, Elayne Boosler, Terry Bradshaw, Kenneth Branagh, Richard Branson, Michael Caine, Joseph Campbell, Jackie Chan, Chevy Chase, Cher, Maurice Chevalier, George Clooney, Joan Collins, Francis Ford Coppola, Katie Couric, David Crosby, Tony Curtis, Hugh Downs, Michael Eisner, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Sarah Ferguson, Errol Flynn, Peter Fonda, Malcolm Forbes, George Foreman, Bob Fosse, Matthew Fox, Michael J. Fox, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, John Gielgud, Cary Grant, George Hamilton, Tom Hanks, Richard Harris, Goldie Hawn, Marilu Henner, Ron Howard, Lauren Hutton, Mick Jagger, Thomas Jefferson, Steve Jobs, Magic Johnson, King Juan Carlos of Spain, Michael Keaton, John F. Kennedy, Don King, Larry King, Timothy Leary, Shari Lewis, Loretta Lynn, John Madden, Ricky Martin, Meat Loaf, Dudley Moore, Eddie Murphy, Jack Nicholson, Leslie Nielsen, Peter O'Toole, Pavarotti, Regis Philbin, Brad Pitt, Vincent Price, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Quinn, Ram Dass, Lee Remick, Geraldo Rivera, Ginger Rogers, Linda Ronstadt, Charlie Rose, David Lee Roth, Rosalind Russell, Babe Ruth, Martin Scorsese, Martin Short, Sissy Spacek, Steven Spielberg, Robert Louis Stevenson, Barbra Streisand, Elizabeth Taylor, Lily Tomlin, Lana Turner, Peter Ustinov, Dick Van Dyke, Vince Vaughn, Voltaire, Eli Wallach, Betty White, Robin Williams, Duke of Windsor, Jonathan Winters, James Woods, William Wordsworth.

Curriculum Vitae of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo

http://www.philippinecountry.com/philippine_presidents/President_arroyo/curriculum_vitae.html

Curriculum Vitae

I. FAMILY

a. Date and Place of Birth: April 5, 1947; San Juan
b. Parents:
Father: Diosdado Pangan Macapagal
9th President of the Republic of the Philippines
Born, September 28, 1910; Died, April 21, '97
Mother: Dr. Evangelina Macaraeg-Macapagal
Born, Nov. 1, 1915; Died, May 16, 1999
c. Husband:
Atty. Jose Miguel Tuason Arroyo
(Ateneo School of Law 1972)
Born, June 27, 1946
Married on August 2, 1968
d. Children:
Juan Miguel
Born, April 26, 1969
Graduate Diploma in Business Administration, University of California at Berkeley
Evangelina Lourdes
Born, June 5, 1971
MS in Foreign Service, Georgetown University
Diosdado Ignacio Jose Maria
Born, September 4, 1974
BS in Legal Management, Ateneo de Naga

II. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:
Primary
Assumption Convent High School; 1954-1960
Secondary
Assumption Convent HS; 1960-1964; Valedictorian
Tertiary
Georgetown University, 1964-66,
AB Economics; Dean’s Lister
Assumption College, 1968, AB Economics Magna cum Laude
Post Graduate
Ateneo de Manila University, 1978,
MA Economics
UP School of Economics, 1985,
Ph.D. in Economics

III. CONCISE PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:

Assistant Professor, Ateneo de Manila University; 1977-87
Chair, Economics Dept, Assumption College; 1984-87
Professor, UP School of Economics; 1977-87
Professor, Mary Knoll College
Professor, St. Scholastica’s College
Assistant Secretary, Department of Trade and Industry; 1987-89
Executive Director, Garments and Textile Export Board; 1988-90
Undersecretary, Department of Trade and Industry; 1989-92
Senator, 1992-1998
Secretary, Department of Social Welfare and Development, July 1998-October 2000
Vice President, July 1998-January 20, 2001
President, January 20, 2001-present
Other positions held:
Chairman and President, UP Health Maintenance Organization (1989-1998)
Executive Director, Philippine Center for Economic Development (1994-1998)
Chairman, UP Economic Foundation (1994-1998)
Member, Presidential Task Force on Tax and Tariff Reforms (1994-1998)
Member, Technical Working Group of the Philippine National Development Plan for the 21st Century (Committee on National Framework for Regional Development and Macroeconomics Framework for Development Financing)

IV. MEMBERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS (Past & Present):

Association for Philippines-China Understanding (APCU)
Philippine Economics Society
Georgetown Club of the Philippines
Concerned Women of the Philippines

V. Elective Positions Held in Specific Years:

Senator, 1992-1998
Vice President, July 1998-January 20, 2001

VI. Awards / Commendations / Citations:

Magazine, Public Eye Magazine, Trade Union Congress of the Philippines, and by Emil Jurado (Manila Standard Columnist)
Woman of the Year, Catholic Education Association of the Philippines
Ulirang Ina, Ulirang Ina Awards Committee, 13 May 2001
One of Asia’s Most Powerful Women, Asiaweek
Making a Difference for Women – Women of Distinction Award, Soroptimist International of the Philippines Region, 30 May 2003
Most Distinguished Alumna, University of the Philippines Alumni Association (UPAA), 16 June 2001

VII. Others:

Doctor of Laws degree, honoris causa, Waseda University, Japan, May 2002
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Laws, Fordham University, 21 May 2003
Honorary Community College Associate Degree in International Relations, Honoris Causa, City College of San Francisco, August 2003
Doctorate Degree in Economics, honoris causa, Tsinghua University, 30 October 2001
Degree of Doctor of Humanities (honoris causa), Mapua Institute of Technology, 29 January 2004
Doctor of Laws (honoris causa), La Trobe University, 2000
Honorary Degree of Doctor of Law, honoris causa, Old Dominion University, April 2003
Recipient of the Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship (1978-1983)
Recipient of the Japan Foundation Grant (1976-1977)
Recipient of the UPSE Fellowship (1970-1971)

President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's Speech During the Opening Ceremony of the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting

http://www.aseansec.org/20758.htm

Thank you very much, Secretary Romulo.

Foreign Ministers of the ASEAN Member Nations as well as Papua New Guinea and Timor Leste; ASEAN Secretary General Ong Keng Yong; excellencies of the diplomatic corps; Speaker de Venecia; members of the Philippine senate; Senator Angara, former Senate President of the Philippines; Senator Miriam Defensor-Santiago, Chairwoman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and our Philippine nominee to the International Court of Justice; (applause) Mayor of Manila, Mayor Fred Lim; Vice Mayor of Pasay City, Vice Mayor Calixto; members of the cabinet and other government officials; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.

A warm Filipino welcome to our ASEAN partners and allies from all over the world. Mabuhay!

Once more, we are gathered to set the course for our region. you come at a time in our history when we have made international relations a centerpiece of our economic agenda.

Our relations have never been stronger, from bilateral to multilateral relations, in our never-ending saga of cooperation, solidarity, fighting poverty and winning collective security.

During the ASEAN Summit in January, which we hosted in Cebu, we took several important steps that put us squarely on the path to create a regional community by 2015. most notably we issued the Declaration on the ASEAN Charter.

At a time of uncertainty in the world, ASEAN took a bold step forward by endorsing an ASEAN Charter that will expand and strengthen ASEAN. As chair of ASEAN, we were delighted that our fellow leaders seized the moment in history to do the right thing. That ASEAN brought so many nations and leaders together to discuss peace, security and social justice and economic growth is a testament to the desire of leaders and their people for greater collaboration between nations.

In behalf of the Filipino people, I thank you for the privilege to lead the organization in search of one caring and sharing community, a regional community in the full sense of the word by 2015.

Building the ASEAN community and voice is a long-term endeavor. There are no short cuts or quick fixes. But we are determined and will persevere to build a community that will provide a more secure, stable and prosperous life for all people.

Our collective desire to bring social justice, economic opportunity and integrated security to the region is our common ground. The declaration on the ASEAN Charter is testament to our commitment to become one, single united front.

I commend to you the important task of following through on the commitments we made at the summit in Cebu and I express my full confidence in our capacity to carry on.

An ASEAN community is clearly going to be anchored, first and foremost, on economic integration with a focus on social justice and raising the standard of living of the poor in the region. to that end, developing ASEAN is more than creating a regional community -- it is about creating a dynamic force in Asia to maximize the benefits of globalization. We are actively strengthening our economic linkages not only within the region, but also with our dialogue partners including Japan, China, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.

For ASEAN to become a true expanding union, it must continue to nurture its relations especially with key partners China, Japan and South Korea. Deepening integration on this level would mean completing and eventually forging the individual free trade agreements ASEAN is currently working out with these "plus three" countries.

We are happy to note that the free trade agreements between ASEAN and China, as well as that between ASEAN and Korea, are moving into their final stages. It is now up to the ASEAN Member Countries to individually ratify the two FTAs. Negotiations on the FTA with Japan also hold a lot of promise. We hope that those involved in the negotiations would find the resolve to agree on the finer points of the draft FTA.

The rise of China and of India as major economic powers provides us with fresh competition as well as cooperation.

On the other hand, the WTO's Doha Development Round has stalled, making it more difficult to agree on new global trade rules, but also underscoring the importance of regional arrangements to maintain the pace of our trading growth.

We have demonstrated our collective voice through our call in support of reviving and revising the Doha round. We have called for the round to expand global trade and investment for the benefit of all.

At a time in the world when there are strains on alliances from Iraq to WTO, it is essential that new, vital alliances will be forged to keep the world stable and strong. Some sort of East Asia community will be a bold step in that direction.

The question isn't whether an East Asia community is necessary. The question is, will we be stronger with a more united region? I believe the answer to that is clear: each member nation and the entire region will benefit. An East Asia community will strengthen our economy, security and prosperity.

There is general consensus that the idea of an East Asian community has a more political, rather than geographic definition. In the process of establishing the East Asia community, we look to the engagement of all the parties that have a stake in East Asia.

Community building is a long process. The E.U. took 50 years to reach its present stage of integration. Too much has been made of our diversity as a barrier. Our diversity is a strength and not a barrier to an East Asian union.

Historically, the European Union has shown how a region beset by conflict can become a force for peace and prosperity. So too in our region that has faced many of the same historic divisions. A more united region will aid in the same. ASEAN has proven that it can make a difference for peace and security in Asia and will continue to do more as it builds toward an ASEAN community by 2015.

The meeting of the 14th ASEAN Regional Forum three days from now will be equally important. ARF has been successful in establishing confidence- building measures among its 27 participating countries. The challenge before the ARF right now is to move to preventive diplomacy to be able to "nip the bud" in any potential conflicts arising and causing disputes among its members.

ASEAN is just but part of a larger regional community and the global community. Therefore, our community must contribute to the transformation of our region and the world. However, even while we pursue this task, ASEAN should also be at the heart of developments in Asia.

Asia has the brightest potential for progressing economically. And as I said earlier, the rise of China and India -- the two most populated countries in the world -- as global economic powerhouse has opened a lot of opportunities and challenges for all the countries in the region. Japan, of course, remains to be the second largest economy in the world and will also significantly influence the course of development in Asia.

If we are to turn this century into an Asian century, we must be able to capitalize on opportunities and strengths of Asia. It must allow other countries that have substantial stake in the region to participate in its development. Therefore, our six dialogue partners: India, Australia, New Zealand, included in the concept of a larger East Asia. Even Russia, which has an Asian side, can be part of it when the right time comes and should eventually lead to this Asian community. It is, therefore, in our interest to sustain their momentum, nurture them and widen their areas of cooperation. We must, however, complement these processes with a regional security framework that will allow us to pursue our regional economic agenda.

ASEAN must also continue to point the way ahead in regional security cooperation, from Cambodia to East Timor, and from the South China Sea to the Korean peninsula. The ASEAN Regional Forum remains the only all-inclusive conclave for addressing regional security issues in the Asia-pacific.

As ASEAN and ARF chair, we convey the hope of ASEAN members and other countries for the continued stability, peace and prosperity of the region.

During the ASEAN Summit in Cebu, we as a region expressed grave concern over developments on the Korean peninsula. We support a diplomatic and peaceful solution to the nuclear issue.

I am sure I speak for all of the ASEAN states in expressing that we are encouraged that the six party talks aimed at resolving the Korean peninsula nuclear issue, have resumed.

We welcome the confirmed shutdown of the Yongbyon nuclear reactor and the return of U.N. inspectors to Pyongyang. These developments are historic milestones in the six-party talks process. The series of positive developments inspire confidence that the six countries and major world players are exerting all they can to bring lasting stability and peace to the region.

We commend the parties for their progress so far and for their commitment and dedication.

But while the talks have been moving forward, much remains to be done.

The ARF this week is a forum where all members of the six party talks will gather. It offers them a venue to promote and advance negotiations. We in ASEAN stand ready to do whatever we can to advance regional security and stability. And on the part of the Philippines, until our last day as chair of ASEAN, we will continue to strengthen our collective stake in a stable Korean peninsula.
We did not, however, let these potential conflicts and transnational problems divide us. Our strong adherence to the spirits of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia, to which we all have acceded to, has enabled us to settle our disputes through peaceful means.

We are now reaping the dividends of regional peace. It has allowed member countries to devote time and allocate resources to pursue the path of economic growth during the last four decades. And I'm very glad that fifteen years ago, we established the ASEAN Free Trade Area which began the integration of our economies. Today, we are well on our way to creating ASEAN into a single market and production base.

ASEAN is now faced with more complex challenges than those that our founding fathers had to deal with. What started out as a simple association is now trying to evolve into an ASEAN community that is politically cohesive, economically integrated and socially responsible.
Building an ASEAN community is no easy task. ASEAN is fortunate to have its dialogue partners in this effort.

We have realized the imperative of having an ASEAN community if we are to stay relevant in this age of globalization. This is the reason, we decided at the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu to accelerate the establishment of the ASEAN community to 2015 from 2020. Our goal is to realize our resources and potentials to turn our region into one of the most dynamic in the world.

ASEAN has been a force for regional peace and progress for forty years. The task ahead is how sustain this role for the next forty years in an era of growing regionalism and deepening globalization.
The 12th ASEAN Summit to today's 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting have all been geared towards this end. In a region that is getting deeper into integration, there is the danger of losing sight of the very essence of a community helping each other. This is not a race of who gets richer first. A community is about growing and prospering together.

If we are able to succeed in building such a caring and sharing community, our future generations will look back to this 40th year of ASEAN, the 12th ASEAN Summit, the 40th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting as the start of it all, having worked together for the past 40 years.
For the past 40 years, ASEAN Member Countries have created our own shared history, in the same manner that we are keenly aware of our common destiny. It is this awareness that has led us to make a conscious decision to create a community, where there is unity in diversity, and which we envision to be one caring and sharing community.

Once more, to all of you, welcome and mabuhay!

September 11, 2001 attack

http://archives.cnn.com/2001/US/09/11/worldtrade.crash/

NEW YORK (CNN) -- In an apparently coordinated terrorist attack against the United States, four commercial passenger jets crashed on Tuesday, three of them into significant landmarks.

• U.S. intelligence officials tell CNN "there are good indications that persons linked to Osama bin Laden may be responsible for these attacks." The sources say they based the statement on specific information that had been gathered Tuesday. Bin Laden is the Saudi millionaire who has been blamed for terror attacks against U.S. interests and is believed to be in Afghanistan.

• American Airlines Flight 11, carrying 81 passengers and 11 crew members, slammed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in Manhattan shortly before 9 a.m. About 15 minutes later, United Airlines Flight 175 from Boston to Los Angeles, with 56 passengers and nine crew members on board, crashed into the south tower.

• Both towers eventually collapsed in a shower of debris and plume of thick dust.

• A half-hour after the second crash, American Flight 77 took off from Washington, D.C.'s Dulles Airport en route to Los Angeles, California, carrying 58 passengers and six crew members -- but crashed into the Pentagon instead. Less than an hour after the third crash, United Flight 93 en route from Newark, New Jersey, to San Francisco crashed near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, with 38 passengers and seven crew aboard.

• Huge chunks of debris falling from remains of World Trade Center towers more than six hours after the crashes. Firefighters could get no closer than 2 blocks from the burning hulk.

• The FBI said it believes all four planes, carrying a total of 266 people, were hijacked.

• The Pentagon, the White House, the State Department, the Justice Department, the Capitol, the CIA and all other government buildings in Washington are evacuated.

• Federal Emergency Response Plan is implemented immediately after first attack, according to White House. All U.S. embassies and U.S. forces around the world are put on high alert. The highest alert is THREATCON DELTA.

• All federal agencies implement continuity plans to make sure U.S. government continues to function effectively.

• President Bush calls the crashes "a national tragedy." Later in the day, Bush issues a statement from Barksdale AFB near Shreveport, Louisiana. "Make no mistake: The United States will hunt down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts."

• Secret Service secures President Bush, Vice President Cheney, Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert and key members of Bush's Cabinet and national security team. Air Force One lands in Omaha, Nebraska, and spokeswoman Karen Hughes says Bush is in a secure location.

• Mullah Omar, the Taliban spiritual leader, condemns the attacks and denies that Osama bin Laden, was responsible.

• Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban ambassador to Pakistan, says in reaction to the terror attacks that "we want to tell the American children that Afghanistan feels your pain and we hope that the courts find justice."

• In the first-ever national ground stop of aircraft, all flights nationwide are stopped at their departure airports.

• International flights are initially diverted to Canada; FAA says later, however, that 22 U.S.-bound international flights will be allowed to land.

• Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta tells FAA to suspend operation of all flights until at least noon Wednesday. He also issued orders controlling the movements of all vessels in U.S. waters.

• In New York, more than 10,000 rescue personnel rush to the scene. Evacuation of lower Manhattan begins.

• Israel evacuates all of its missions around the world.

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is evacuated. CDC prepares emergency response teams in case they become necessary.

• Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle, D-South Dakota, Republican leader Trent Lott, R-Mississippi, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Sen. Don Nickles, R-Oklahoma, House Democratic leader Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Missouri, and House Speaker Rep. Dennis Hastert, R-Illinois, were taken by helicopter to an undisclosed location.

• Philadelphia landmarks are evacuated.

• In Chicago, the Sears Tower is evacuated; United Nations in New York is evacuated.

• Two aircraft carriers and five other ships are deployed along the East Coast of the United States, and two aircraft carriers go to New York area, all from Norfolk, Virginia.

• The New York Port Authority closes all bridges and tunnels into the city.

• U.S. stock markets close after the New York attacks and will remain closed Wednesday.

• NATO sends home all non-essential personnel from its Brussels, Belgium, headquarters.

• The Immigration and Naturalization Service puts the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada on highest state of alert.

• Los Angeles International Airport is evacuated.

• Disney closes its parks in Orlando, Florida, and Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

• FEMA implements plan established for such events: FBI leads investigation and Justice Department heads crisis management. White House spokeswoman Karen Hughes says FEMA activates eight urban search and rescue teams in New York and four teams are at work at Pentagon.

• Three Palestinian groups -- Hamas, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Islamic Jihad -- deny responsibility for the attacks, but blame U.S. policies in the Mideast.

• Washington, D.C., and San Francisco declare states of emergency.

• A Delta flight makes emergency landing in Cleveland and all passengers are safely evacuated. Federal officials search the plane for a possible bomb.