Posted on 09/27/2007 10:19:24 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Suspicious Device Investigated On Flight To Denver
(CBS) DENVER A SkyWest flight from Eugene, Ore. to Denver International Airport was searched by federal authorities Thursday morning after landing, authorities said. There was a report of a suspicious device being carried by one passenger.
The plane landed and was held away from the concourses. Passengers were taken off the plane as it was searched. They were then allowed back on board and the plane was going to taxi to a gate.
The FBI was questioning two people on the flight, a spokesperson for DIA said. He added there was no threat to the rest of the airport.
There were reports that one passenger on the flight from Oregon had a pipe like device with wires and electronic equipment.
At the same time, authorities were searching part of the airport in Eugene and had evacuated part of the terminal. Planes were being allowed to land, but no flights were taking off.
Police in Eugene told reporters in Oregon that they responded to a call at 6:21 a.m. PDT of a suspicious device found during routine screening of baggage.
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Good thing we have those airport screeners. They did stop this "device" from getting on the plane, didn't they? Maybe not.
I am guessing it had to be baggage for another flight.
I used to contract for Emerson Electric (Fisher-Rosemount) and flew periodically to Germany and the Netherlands.
As device-integration specialists (getting pressure, temperature, valve, flow, etc. transmitters to talk to our process management software), we would often carry demo (demonstration, not explosive!) devices with us on the plane, both in luggage, and in carry-on.
We were never questioned. Granted, this was prior to 9/11, but...
I would often approach the security area thinking, “OK, is this the day I get thrown in jail until some bright TSA guy figures out what the heck this pipe-bomb looking thing with the extruding wires actually is?”
muzzie passenger, perchance?
Good thing we have those airport screeners. They did stop this “device” from getting on the plane, didn’t they? Maybe not.
They were too busy making sure the passangers had 3 oz/100 ml or less of liquids in their carry on’s.
If you stick your plastic bottle of alcohol hand cleaner in your back pocket when you go through “security”, they generally never see it.
Feel safer now?
Sure seems to be a lot of of airplane/airport activity these last few days. Denver, Raleigh, Indianapolis, Memphis...
” They were too busy making sure the passangers had 3 oz/100 ml or less of liquids in their carry on’s. “
3 oz of pure chlorine blown out in cabin would kill everyone on board in very short order
And it would be allowed on board.
So what's the point of confiscating a 4oz tube of toothpaste?
Ha! I know what you mean. Twenty years ago, I worked for an engine company, and carried a whole toolbox full of stuff on the plane to test customer applications.
In the toolbox on one occasion, I had a 1 1/2” diameter pipe (an exhaust pipe extender) and an electronics box complete with circuit board, digital readout, and thermocouple wires, etc.
As my toolbox went through the x-ray, one attendant looked at another, and said (I kid you not), “I didn’t see anything. Did YOU see anything?”
Evidently it become "suspicious" only after the flight took off. This is really insidious. The terrorists are now employing Romulan Cloaking Devices for their bombs. It must have malfunctioned in flight.
“a pipe like device with wires and electronic equipment”
It’s art!
3 oz of pure chlorine blown out in cabin would kill everyone on board in very short order
Great news is the TSA now allows passengers to carry lighters on board. May help with ligting up those liquids.
While in Toronto on business, my husband found an ignition switch for his ‘68 vette. Coming through security, the inspector (a non-English speaker) asked someone else to check the item. Another English not a first language speaker asked hubby and he told the guy what it was. The inspector says, “Ah, makes spark?” “Yes” “oh, OK!”
Could be an MIT student. /s
The joke's on you, though...because those screeners weren't flying on your plane!
I believe cases like this are casings. See how certain situations are approached. If it is, this country failed miserably and the enemy knows it can be brazen.
Unless, unless, we are also responding to these events and learning from them. Hey, I can dream that there's an effective feedback loop going on, can't I? :-/
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