Posted on 08/25/2006 12:11:03 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Flight Lands In Newark After Dynamite Found In Luggage
POSTED: 2:41 pm EDT August 25, 2006 UPDATED: 3:05 pm EDT August 25, 2006 HOUSTON -- A college student's checked luggage on a Continental Airlines flight to Houston from Argentina on Friday contained dynamite, and federal authorities are investigating why he had it and what he intended to do with it, an FBI spokeswoman said.
"Certainly we are doing a thorough investigation and trying to find out what this individual's intention was in trying to bring dynamite here," FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap said Friday.
The dynamite was found during a luggage search in a federal inspection station at Bush Intercontinental Airport shortly after Continental Flight 52 landed about 6 a.m. Friday. Marlene McClinton, spokeswoman for the Houston Airport System, said a bomb-sniffing dog "had a hit" on explosive residue during a further search.
She said Customs and Border Patrol and the FBI shut down the customs area and began questioning the passenger who had the luggage. The identity and age of the passenger, a man, were not released.
Houston Fire Department Assistant Chief Omero Longoria said the man told fire officials that he works in mining and often handles explosives, so that would explain the residue. He said federal officials were investigating whether the man's explanation was true, and the fire department's role in the probe ended upon determining the man's bag did not contain a bomb.
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***federal authorities are investigating why he had it and what he intended to do with it***
Floss his teeth?
I work with explosives once in awhile and get the full treatment after the dogs hit on my vehicle going into a secure nuclear site. I suppose the press could say "explosives" [residue] were found in my truck. Also found in the truck were a cell phone, travel alarm clock, cigarette lighter and a volt meter; all of which can be used in triggering an explosive device.
At least I'm hoping that's what the press ended up doing in this case and that the guy didn't actually have stick dynamite all wire up ready to go.
This sure is worse than a penis pump.
There are all types of substances that give false positives for explosive residue. Hand or body creams that contain glycerin and metal shavings for example.
Apparently it was only residue, not actual dynamite ... although the article is misleading. It brings to mind an incident a few years back in Grand Junction, CO ... dynamite residue was detected on luggage. Turns out the owner of the luggage worked in the mining industry and handled dynamite, as part of his job, on a regular basis. This appears to be a similar type situation.
Or baby formula. LOL
This sounds like dynamite residue.
This happened to me a few years ago. I was tramping around West Virginia coal mines where they were blasting. I put my shoes on the belt, they put them in the sniffer, I spent the next thirty minutes explaining why I was wearing explosive hiking boots, they put me into the computer, and then evrytime I tried to get on a plane for the next three years I almost had to undergo body cavity searches.
I wouldn't have minded any of this if while I was doing this I hadn't witnessed Middle Easterners going right through security while they had a six-foot-six airline pilot almost down to his skivvies, not to mention the little blonde-haired kids haviing their backpacks emtied.
Glad to have Norm Minetta in charge.
The "student" mostly likely turn out to be a Norwegian Christian...
I read th entire article. Despite all the confusion, one thing seems clear:
It is possible to place dynamite on a plane by way of checked luggage.
he was just transporting dynamite in his luggage, not an actual bomb
Found what? From the article it sounds as if they didn't find anything but residue. The headline doesn't match the article. When I read "Dynamite Found", I think actual dynamite that you could pick up in your hand, and that could blow up if properly detonated, not whiffs of residue that only a dog could detect.
Totally BS article - here's an update from the Houston ABC station (I think Houston...)
HOUSTON Life at Houston's Bush Intercontinental Airport is getting back to normal after an early morning security alert.
Officials say a bomb-sniffing dog detected a suspicious scent on a bag that had just arrived from Argentina aboard a Continental Airlines flight just before dawn today.
A search of the bag and its owner, however, turned up an unspecified item that had a scent characteristic similar to dynamite.
Authorities determined the item posed no threat and stood down from their alert and operations are returning to normal. No detentions have been reported.
GOSH! =)
Apparently this is the new code...
"We can supply the passenger's name and age unless he is a muzlim"..."Then, it's a secret"..
Sorry, it's fropm the Valley, not HOuston, here's the link:
http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=5326099&nav=0w0v
Another link w/ a bit more info:
http://www.click2houston.com/news/9737767/detail.html
Well put, LOL.
The article is very poorly written. It talks about dynamite being found but then says "he works in mining and often handles explosives, so that would explain the residue," implying that nothing else was present to explain the residue, like a stick of dynamite.
Just a crappy article and I understand the other poster's confusion.
Body: "The dynamite was found during a luggage search in a federal inspection station at Bush Intercontinental Airport shortly after Continental Flight 52 landed about 6 a.m. Friday"
This author is an idiot.
Now I am confused!!
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