US airport security loses 'bomb' - Democratic Underground

emad

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Thu Dec-16-04 09:55 AM
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US airport security loses 'bomb'

BBC

US airports stepped up security after the 11 September attacks
Security screeners at a US airport lost track of a bag containing fake explosives and allowed to be loaded on a flight to Amsterdam.
The "bomb" was planted in luggage for training exercise at Newark Liberty International Airport.

A scanning machine raised the alarm, but the bag was not searched and airport staff lost track of it.

"At no time did the bag pose a threat and at no time was anyone in danger," said a transport security spokeswoman.

Only two weeks ago, Paris airport staff lost plastic explosives slipped into a random bag for sniffer-dog training.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4101201.stm

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Yuugal

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Thu Dec-16-04 09:58 AM
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1. Lets hope their other brilliant plan....

to sneak detonators into random bags didn't get messed up also.

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NashVegas

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Thu Dec-16-04 10:05 AM
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2. duplicate - locking

discuss here -

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1074007

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