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American tourist takes unexploded WWII munition to Vienna Airport
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| 07/11/18
Posted on 07/11/2018 10:39:51 AM PDT by Simon Green
A 24-year-old American tourist caused panic at Vienna Airport when she put an unexploded World War II artillery shell in front of Austrian customs officials and asked whether the "souvenir" could be taken onboard her flight home.
Officials quickly called the bomb disposal unit to remove and dispose of the 7.5 cm (3 inch) caliber dud tank artillery shell. The incident shut down the arrival and luggage hall for 15 minutes.
Police said at no time were passengers under threat.
The 24-year-old was reported to prosecutors for negligent endangerment and fined €4,000 ($4,694).
The woman had found the World War II relic while hiking.
According to the Krone newspaper, the woman reportedly cleaned the artillery shell in her hotel room so as not to get her clothes dirty when she packed it up to take to the airport.
TOPICS: Travel
KEYWORDS: austria; aviation; banglist; ww2
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To: Simon Green
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:41:54 AM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
(MAGA in the mornin', MAGA in the evenin', MAGA at suppertime . . .)
To: Simon Green
How come I never find cool stuff like that!
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:42:55 AM PDT
by
D Rider
To: Governor Dinwiddie
I can’t wait to see what she really looks like.
To: Simon Green
I’m betting she is BLOND..................
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:44:09 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:44:16 AM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: Simon Green
To: Simon Green
Do you know what kind of a bomb it was?
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:45:03 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
(Endut! Hoch Hech!)
To: Simon Green
Unexploded dud?
As opposed to an exploding dud?
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:45:29 AM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Spygate's clock began in 2015 - what did President Obama know and when did he know it)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
Hilarious. I was once 24 and even I don’t think I was a dumb as that.
To: D Rider
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:47:01 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(Just call me Angelo or babe.)
To: Simon Green
The 24-year-old was reported to prosecutors for negligent endangerment and fined €4,000 ($4,694). She's was dumb. That fine seems a bit high for something clearly not intended to be malicious. Especially since I hardly think she needs to be made an example of to warn other people who stumble across unexploded tank shells in the woods and want to bring them home. Proprietorial discretion is called for in my opinion.
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:48:28 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
To: Governor Dinwiddie
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:49:02 AM PDT
by
Autonomous User
(During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
To: Simon Green
The world is insane. An American follows rules and asks if she may take this WWII artifact home? Airport partially shuts down. Woman basically arrested. Told that to get out of jail it costs her $5,000! The poor girl cleaned the old relic, too, before bringing it to airport. Very Austrian of her.
The shell didn’t go off. Officials said, “At no time anyone in airport was in danger.”
Thus, insanity. What was the rule following American guilty of besides not knowing anything about munitions?
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:49:22 AM PDT
by
The Westerner
(Protect the most vulnerable: get the government out of medicine and education.)
To: Snickering Hound
PAK 40 HE? Maybe. The Soviets had 76mm artillery as well.
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:49:30 AM PDT
by
Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: pepsi_junkie; Simon Green
Proprietorial discretion is called for in my opinion. Should read "prosecutorial discretion".
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:49:31 AM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
(Russians couldnt have done a better job destroying sacred American institutions than Democrats have)
To: dfwgator
Do you know what kind of a bomb it was? Either a German or Soviet artillery shell, by the looks of it.
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:51:14 AM PDT
by
Simon Green
("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
To: Simon Green
To: Simon Green
It’s obvious her intent wasn’t malicious. What retards.
To: miss marmelstein
When my dad was stationed in Hawaii (Oahu) in the late 50's we lived on a canal and used to use some " objects" to climb down nearer the water. Somebody's mom came looking for us one day and freaked out because they were shells from back in 1941. Neighborhood evac'd while the ordnance was removed. 💣👀☠👹
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posted on
07/11/2018 10:53:28 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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