ZOMG Panic
Land mines found in luggage at Newark Airport. Only not:
The Transportation Security Administration says two of the three casings were packed with shrapnel but none featured explosives or detonators.
And TSA fail:
Hatcher, a mechanical engineer at the Army’s Picatinny Arsenal in Morris County, told cops that a co-worker headed for the same destination had an inert mine in her checked baggage that TSA inspectors did not detect.
One out of three would still be deadly.
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:14 am
In the first article…
” A type of explosive widely used during the Vietnam War has been found in luggage at Newark Liberty International Airport.”
“The Transportation Security Administration says two of the three casings were packed with shrapnel but none featured explosives or detonators.”
So a type of explosive widely used during the Vietnam War was NOT actually found in the luggage.
Nothing like making a clear declaration and then returning to entirely discount said opening declaration. I feel like the old codger at the Bank In Raising Arizona. “Well, which is it young feller?”
May 3rd, 2012 at 10:52 am
I had a colleague leave some dummy mortar rounds on the bureau of his hotel room when doing training at APG. The cleaning lady saw them and called the cavalry. The timing could not have been worse; it was the middle of September of 2001.
He and another trainer were across the street eating breakfast when every policeman in Maryland pulled in to the hotel parking lot. The former Ranger wondered what was going on when the police officers came running across the parking lot to the restaurant.
He said Aberdeen asphalt tastes the same as pavement at Ft. Bragg.
Gerry
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:23 pm
“The Transportation Security Administration says two of the three casings were packed with shrapnel but none featured explosives or detonators.”
OH MY GOD NO!!!! An INERT object was packed full of BITS OF FRANGIBLE METAL!!!! THE CHILDREN!!!! THE CHILDREN!!!! MY GOD!!!
Guess what else is full of deadly, children threatening, freedom stealing, ozone depleting SHRAPNEL when it explodes? That’s right… AIRPLANES!
And CARS!
And BUILDINGS!
But much like these mines they are all INERT. Story over folks — go hyperventilate elsewhere.
Jesus…