Long Beach Airport Main Terminal Evacuated

http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=local&id=5513279 ^

[Vintage1]

Another abandoned backpack I'm guessing. Feel free to pull this - as I'm sure we're now averaging several of these a day.

[Lucky9teen]

They need the Jack Bauer protocol - secure the perimeter...and then get into the flank 2 position.

[sono]

Another dry run?

[waimea.man]

Looks like all clear (from the foxnews feed).

[rintense]

Funniest airport scene! Beware, its from the L Word and is NFW. Hilarious, nonetheless!

Suitcase At Airport Security

[crunk]

Monterey Jack or Gouda?

[Ramius]

I was also listening to Glenn Beck. It was him or another host yesterday that said that prior to 9/11 it was fairly common for someone who knew they were going to miss their flight to find a phone and call in a threat so the plane would be delayed.

Heh... there's a thread on that Seattle flight. Doing that anonymously over the phone is one thing, its staggeringly arrogant and wrong. But doing it ~in person at the gate~ is just flabbergastingly stupid. What did he ~think~ they'd do? Just let him on? LOL.

[Restore]

It’s over. Everything returning to normal. The guy who left the backpack has some explaining to do to the FAA, LGPD, TSA, FBI, LASO, etc.

[what's up]

Yuk.

[listenhillary]

“There are so many of these happening so often that I never know when to shower anymore!”

I just Freep IN the shower and the problem is solved. The cheese keeps getting wet though.

[Chicos_Bail_Bonds]

Yes, very small and convenient.

[Philistone]

I was on a flight from Beaumont to Houston... cause my manager doesn’t own a globe... /ron white

[LurkedLongEnough]

Maybe he’s the same guy who tried to get a refund on his “stolen” Ryder rental truck after the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

[raccoonradio]

yeah, pretty small airport. I flew in and out of LGB in June
(from Boston). It made sense for me because both my motel
and a friend who lives nearby were about 15 mi. north of
there and I didn’t want to cope with traffic jams, etc
out of LAX...Certainly was easy enough to get my rental
car. Enterprise was just across the street—no long walk for me.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

ROFL!

Now that’s funny!

I haven’t heard a Jetblue going into the airport all morning....

Some aircraft out of Los Alamitos however,....

[Constantine XIII]

The sturdy shower door keeps the moose out, though!

[Mjaye]

They have cleared the alert, saying it was a game inside somebody’s luggage. Meantime, we had shades of “Apocalypse Now” all morning, steady stream of ‘copters over the house. Can’t complain, as it beats an exploding plane any day.

[Vintage1]

“The passenger carrying the object worked for “some sort of game or toy company,” said TSA spokeswoman Jennifer Peppin”

I’m guessing it was an electronic game, so that rules out Hasbro and Milton Bradley.

[nw_arizona_granny]

ping.

[Napoleon Solo]

It may be that small but it is to me the best way to fly into the LA area. It’s a throwback to the old and better days of flying and the car rental isright there as well. Give me Long Beach over LAX anytime!!

[Calpernia]

ping