Thank for that explanation Godzilla.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=lax
#
UPDATE:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1879984/posts
“Computers Back Up At LAX, Int’l Processing Resumes”
http://cbs2.com/topstories/local_story_223220245.html ^ | Aug 11, 2007 9:53 pm US/Pacific
Posted on 08/11/2007 10:08:40 PM PDT by BenLurkin
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “(CBS) LOS ANGELES About 6,000 international passengers were stranded for as long as five hours Saturday on planes and in terminals at Los Angeles International Airport because a computer shutdown prevented them from passing through customs, authorities said.
The computer went down at about 2 p.m., according to a statement from Los Angeles World Airports, which operates Los Angeles International Airport.
“At 9 p.m., federal officials were holding approximately 6,000 passengers on about two dozen international arriving aircraft until they can be cleared through the five Federal Inspection Stations at LAX,” according to the statement.
The passengers were stranded in four airport terminals and on runways starting at about 1:30 p.m. because of a breakdown in a computer system that contains names of arriving passengers and law enforcement data about them including arrest warrants, said Mike Fleming, a Customs and Border Protection spokesman.
“That system allows our officers to make decisions on who we can allow to enter the United States,” Fleming said. “You just don’t know by looking at them.””