TSA Misses Luggage That Explodes After Flight

Judicial Watch ^ | December 29, 2010 | Judicial Watch

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Despite a $98 million infusion for state-of-the-art baggage screening machines, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) somehow missed a suitcase filled with explosives that blasted after a three-hour domestic flight.

The shameful gaffe is simply the latest of many for the beleaguered Homeland Security agency charged with protecting the nation’s transportation system. A checked bag on a flight from Boston to Miami contained hundreds of bullet primers that exploded on the tarmac after the plane arrived in south Florida. Primers provide the spark that detonates the gunpowder in bullets.

The bag belongs to a 37-year-old man, said to be a naturalized U.S. citizen, who was scheduled to catch a connecting flight to Jamaica. When an airline baggage handler in Miami moved the suitcase on the tarmac, it ignited. The FBI was quick to point out that there were no injuries and immediately ruled out any sort of terrorism threat.

Authorities initially attributed the incident to an aerosol can exploding inside a passenger’s checked luggage, which led one local news agency in south Florida to sarcastically report that a “can of hairspray caused a bit of a scare at Miami International Airport. “ Another labeled it as a “freak accident” though Boston media took the incident more seriously with a headline that read: “Luggage that left from Logan explodes in Fla.”

The alarming event caps a series of never-ending TSA blunders that have severely compromised national security in the last few months. While the 50,000-member agency harasses honest citizens with invasive, genital-groping personal searches, it ignores real threats and persecutes its critics.

[unixfox]

Must have been an "oversight".

Nothing to worry about, move along.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

I saw this story. The story even said that “aerosols had been immediately banned at the airport” - and it was a major source.

News is just lies now. We better just assume it’s all lies from this point.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The bag belongs to a 37-year-old man, said to be a naturalized U.S. citizen.

If they hadn't spent so much time rummaging through grandma's luggage...

[null and void]

It didn’t blow up on the plane.

The system worked...

[sionnsar]

A checked bag on a flight from Boston to Miami contained hundreds of bullet primers

Sheesh. Why I Long Since Quit Trusting The MSM.

[doc1019]

I feel so safe. ;-)

[Texas Eagle]

When an airline baggage handler in Miami moved the suitcase on the tarmac, it ignited.

That must have been one hot tarmac.

Wait a minute. I thought Flordia was in the middle of a deep freeze!

[UCANSEE2]

“When an airline baggage handler in Miami moved the suitcase on the tarmac, it ignited.”

Sounds like the handler tried to slide the suitcase (or kicked it) ACROSS the TARMAC, and caused the ignition.

That still doesn’t explain how it got through ‘security’ checkpoints or luggage ‘scans’.

[InvisibleChurch]

Things aren’t terrorists.

[yldstrk]

Hairspray

What oafs

[KoRn]

How in the hell do Bullet Primers just spontaneously “explode”? If it DID happen, something very freak went on here.

I call BS on this, without more information.

[Grizzled Bear]

Clearly the TSA needs to fondle more genetalia to prevent these kind of incidents!

[sionnsar]

The story is way overblown. But don’t worry, it will be used against the traveling public in ways we haven’t yet envisioned.

[Grizzled Bear]

If they hadn't spent so much time rummaging through grandma's luggage undies...

[AmericanVictory]

Just an immigrant, you know, like John Muhammad.

[andyk]

a suitcase filled with explosives

hundreds of bullet primers

I'm picturing a miniature suitcase bulging with hundreds of primers.

[Tzfat]

Authorities initially attributed the incident to an aerosol can exploding inside a passenger’s checked luggage, which led one local news agency in south Florida to sarcastically report that a “can of hairspray caused a bit of a scare at Miami International Airport.

What liars government employees can be. Who to believe? Not a gummint agent.

[RedMDer]

The bag belongs to a 37-year-old man, said to be a naturalized U.S. citizen, who was scheduled to catch a connecting flight to Jamaica.

Profile, profile, profile. That's the best way to prevent this in my opinion instead of chasing our tails and overwhelming the screeners. That must be one of the most boring jobs in the world. No small wonder that packages get past them.

[Clint Williams]

News is just lies now. We better just assume it’s all lies from this point.

It's been little but lies and distortions for many years now, Where have you been? (I might like to go there.)