Posted on 08/17/2006 5:58:07 PM PDT by pissant
A West Virginia airport terminal was evacuated Thursday after two bottles of liquid found in a woman's carry-on luggage twice tested positive for explosives residue, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said.
"It looks like there were four items containing liquids," said TSA spokeswoman Amy von Walter. "Two of those containers tested positive."
A machine that security checkpoint screeners use to test for explosives registered positive, and a canine team also got a positive hit, von Walter said.
Larry Salyers, manager of Tri-State Airport, said the bottles would be moved by robot to a remote area of the airport where officials would attempt to detonate them. National Guard and State Police explosives experts will conduct chemical field tests to determine their contents, he said.
Salyers said he was told the woman was a 28-year-old of Pakistani descent who had moved to Huntington from Jackson, Mich. He did not know how long she had lived in Huntington.
The woman was still at the airport late Thursday afternoon but was not under arrest, said FBI spokesman Jeff Killeen.
Commercial airline service was suspended, and about 100 passengers and airport employees were ordered to leave the terminal, said Tri-State Airport Authority President Jim Booton.
Two airlines _ Comair and US Airways Express _ serve the airport. Comair had to cancel at least one flight, but an early evening flight from Cincinnati was expected to arrive on time, a spokeswoman said.
A US Airways spokeswoman said one of its flights was diverted to Charleston's Yeager Airport about 60 miles away.
A screener noticed a bottle in a woman's carry-on bag as she prepared to board the 9:15 a.m. flight to Charlotte, N.C., Booton said.
One bottle contained a gel-type facial cleanser, Killeen said.
The flight was allowed to leave for Charlotte, and the terminal was evacuated at 11:25 a.m., officials said.
The woman had purchased a one-way ticket to Detroit by way of Charlotte on Wednesday, Salyers said.
U.S. authorities banned the carrying of liquids onto flights last week after British officials made arrests in an alleged plot to blow up U.S.-bound planes using explosives disguised as drinks and other common products.
Some travelers were more surprised than fearful about the discovery.
"This is such a small airport. I never imagined something like this happening here," said Shannon Bloss, who was traveling to Orlando, Fla., for a wedding.
Joy and John Cloutre of Ulysses, Ky., were waiting to begin the first leg of their trip to the southeast Asian country of Brunei when the evacuation order came.
"My family didn't want me to leave because of the terrorism in Brunei," Joy Cloutre told the Herald Dispatch of Huntington. "And then we don't even get out of Huntington without something like this happening."
I'll bet it's the most dangerous substance known to man: Hydrogen hydroxide.
Think of the millions killed every year by this deadly chemical. AND IT'S IN YOUR HOUSE RIGHT NOW!
The Charleston evening paper says they turned her loose. Doesn't say why she was not arrested, what the tests of liquids showed, etc. Just says they let her go.
i'd say its MoonShine lol
No, no, no!
It's dihydrogen monoxide!
I don't know about you, but it's everywhere - even in my pool!
BB62
Well, I have some in a glass right now, but I'm diluting it with products from Dublin.
Who knows. Regardless, this crap needs to be snuffed.
Latest from local TV sta. website
http://www.wsaz.com/breakingnews/3590966.html
What the hell! Was it explosives or not?????
Sounds like a test to me. Ominous, in fact.
Hydrogen Peroxide is nowhere near as DEADLY as the feared Di-hydrogen Monoxide!!!
There are very common household chemicals - especially hydrogen peroxide (key ingredient for hair bleacher, cleanser, etc) that when mixed with certain other common household chemicals can produce deadly/fatal gases
Hydrogen peroxide is/was also used in rocket fuels it is so effective as an oxidant.
Yuk it up, wp. Ha ha. I'll have you know HITLER USED HYDROGEN HYDROXIDE!!!! So there.
To ridicule the efforts of the security personnel at our airports and elsewhere is to leave us open to attack.
I would rather see 1000 false alarms and never see a real one.
If you were a security agent at this airport and you saw liquid and then it tested for explosives would you just let the person walk? Would you check it out? Would you report it, or would you just let her walk, as your ridicule implies they should have done.
If you don't want to have your asses blown into next week the next time you fly, then maybe you should cut these people some slack. They are doing their jobs and reporting suspicious items. The MSM is the one blowing them up out of proportion.
Who is belittling the screeners? We are damn glad they detected it, whether or not it was a terrorist dry run or simply a mistake.
A one way ticket from anywhere to Detroit should trigger alarms.
She is Pakistani? Trigger two.
calm down.
Read every post you will see many making light of the report. False alarm? Maybe, dry run to test our system? Maybe. I am glad you agree with me but many don't, on this thread and an earlier one posted on the same subject.
I am calm, I am simply stating things the way I see them. If the shoe fits you, wear it, if not, then disregard my post.
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