Posted on 02/18/2002 6:17:19 AM PST by newsperson999
Breaking on CNN, he had a "miltary type" explosive, LAX evacuated.
.....thanks a heap.....
No kidding. Either it was an explosive or it wasn't. Inert implies harmless.
I'll check my boating supply catalogs for a reasonably-priced waterproof laptop, 'kay?
URL: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2002/02/18/state1038EST0040.DTL
(02-18) 07:53 PST LOS ANGELES (AP) -- An inactive Army National Guardsmen was arrested early Monday morning at Los Angeles International Airport after tying to pass an inert military explosive through security, police said.
The man was arrested about 6:10 a.m. and the incident forced the bomb squad to be called out.
The man was placed under arrest for being in possession of an explosive device, said Officer Nadine Hernandez of the Los Angeles Police Department.
"The bomb squad had to respond to determine if the bomb was inert or not," Hernandez said.
The item resembled an M-80 firecracker and caused a screener to be concerned, said Sgt. Greg Glodery.
An official with the Federal Aviation Administration said the device was found in the man's carryon luggage.
No evacuations were ordered at Terminal 6, where the item was discovered, Glodery said. The terminal serves Continental Airlines and portions of the United Airlines fleet.
The screening station where the item was noticed in an x-ray machine was temporarily shutdown, Glodery said.
No flights were delayed, officials said.
A terminal at LAX was evacuated for an hour last Wednesday when a cylinder was found in a planter near a second-floor entrance. The plastic object turned out to be harmless and no flights were delayed.
The international terminal also was evacuated Dec. 25 after someone reported finding a "suspicious package" that turned out to be wrapped Christmas presents.
This inert IED can be supplied separate from the attaché case (ITA-179-A). Thirty-three of these were purchased by Transport Canada in 1998 for use in their upgraded security training and test program in all Canadian airports, and are now the Canadian airport standard inert test IED set.
ITA-179-B is an inert military explosive demolition block, containing an inert electric detonator, electronic countdown timer and battery pack of 2 rechargeable "AA" 1.5 volt batteries with connecting wires.
The inert IED has been designed and x-ray tested by Transport Canada for accurate definition and excellent colour imaging on the latest x-ray luggage screening screening equipment. The inert gel simulant representing explosives has the correct density and other characteristics to represent live explosives on the x-ray monitor.
Here's a link: SecureSearch, Inc.
a) not obviously arab/muslim - ergo not profiling.
b) probably not too grungy - so not profiling.
c)apparently innocent but busted anyway - so everyone pay attention to your stuff or risk being the news.
d) (Note to boss; when Lumpkin calls in from Omaha and tells you he missed the meeting because of a moron with a dummy grenade, you might actually have to believe him.)
That fire cracker looks alot different from an inert military explosive.
Well, hell's bells. A firecracker.
I don't think you can bring down a plane with a firecracker, but what kind of a moron would pack one as a carry-on item?
Let's see. Toothbrush, razor, book, firecracker....
Yeah; so we don't have to worry about inert, just ert! lol.
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