An exclusion zone was put up around Edinburgh Airport A full scale emergency alert at Edinburgh Airport has ended after a suspect rucksack was blown up during a controlled explosion. Thousands of passengers, who were evacuated following the incident at 1210 GMT, were allowed back into the terminal two hours later.
Travellers faced further disruption as outgoing flights, which were cancelled during the alert, were rescheduled. The rucksack was found in the check-in area of the busy terminal. It is understood to have been a new rucksack that had been shoved into the top of a bin.
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Sudanese Plane Hijacking Ends, All Passengers On Board Safe
1.24.07
The hijacking of the Sudanese domestic airliner has ended with the Sudanese hijacker seeking asylum from the French embassy, an airline official said on Wednesday. "The plane has landed ... the hijacker was met by the French ambassador and all the passengers are safe," said Ahmed Salih, commercial director of Air West in Sudan.
The Air West domestic Sudanese flight on its way to Sudan's western Darfur region was diverted after being hijacked by a Sudanese carrying an AK-47 rifle at 9 a.m.0600 GMT who demanded the Boeing 737 fly onto N'Djamena.
Envelope containing mystery powder delivered to St. Lucie home (Florida)
January 24, 2007
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — An incorrectly-addressed envelope believed to have some sort of powder inside of it was delivered to a home in the 7700 block of Westmont Drive, according to a sheriff's report. The homeowners reported the envelope, addressed to "Lifetime Guarantee" with the same address as their Fort Pierce home, felt as if "it contained unknown powdery substance" that could possibly be anthrax powder when they got their mail Monday evening, the report stated. They did not open it.
Instead, they put it in a plastic bag and called authorities, who then sent the contents to a lab for testing. The envelope had Portugal mailing stamps on it, but did not have a return address. The homeowners did not know what Lifetime Guarantee was or who, if anyone, owned it. There is no business in St. Lucie County with that name.
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FREMONT — A suspicious device found at Ohlone College was destroyed by the county bomb squad Monday afternoon, but authorities have not yet been able to determine exactly what it was, police said.
The device, which looked a like soup can wrapped in duct tape with an M-80 firework sticking out of it, was spotted about 1:15 p.m. in the south parking lot of the campus, Fremont police Sgt. Chris Mazzone said.
Police cordoned off the area and called the bomb squad, which eventually used a water cannon to destroy the device, the sergeant said. When it blew up, there was a brief cloud of orange mist and some dried residue left behind.
The Fremont Fire Department's hazardous materials team then was dispatched to the scene, but could not immediately determine what the orange substance was. Police collected samples of it and sent it to a lab for analysis, Mazzone said. Anyone with information may call police at (510) 790-6900.
http://www.insidebayarea.com/argus/localnews/ci_5074282
Over 10 Arrested over Bomb in Varna (Bulgaria)
24 January 2007
Varna. More than 10 people with criminal records have been arrested for 24 hours in connection to an explosive device in the Bulgarian coastal city of Varna, the press office of the police announced. About 5 p.m. on Tuesday the police received operative information about an explosive device set in a car showroom in Varna. Experts managed to detonate the device on time. They said the explosive was equal to 400 grams of TNT.
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"Instead, they put it in a plastic bag and called authorities, who then sent the contents to a lab for testing. The envelope had Portugal mailing stamps on it, but did not have a return address."
That's exactly the right thing to do.
After receiving a package like that I would also, put it outside and/or away from the living area and wash my hands with soap and water.