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 Post subject: Evacuation at Chicago's Midway Airport ??
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Saw it on the news a couple hrs ago.

Apparently through the baggage check sites they spotted a grenade in someone's bag and they stopped and held the wrong bag and person and accidentally let the right one through.

They then had to shut the airport down and disallow all outgoing flights and keep incoming flights on their planes.

They then tried to evacuate the airport while they tried to find the suspect.

Prettty frigging scary. That's only about 20 minutes away from where I live. yikes.
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probably just the Polyphonic Spree stirring things up again
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airport security was so much more fun before 9/11.
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As I went through an airpot checkpoint this weekend, the TSA people lost control of the machine, and it kept spitting out bags. The pile of bags got a little out of control, causing a distraction, and the supervisor had to remind the person at the machine to "Keep an eye on the screen!"

I'm sure my shoes played some role in the mishap.
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Charli Wrote:
Saw it on the news a couple hrs ago.

Apparently through the baggage check sites they spotted a grenade in someone's bag and they stopped and held the wrong bag and person and accidentally let the right one through.

They then had to shut the airport down and disallow all outgoing flights and keep incoming flights on their planes.

They then tried to evacuate the airport while they tried to find the suspect.

Prettty frigging scary. That's only about 20 minutes away from where I live. yikes.


You're a bit off:

November 16, 2004 — A problem with a screening machine stalled hundreds of passengers and grounded dozens of flights at Midway Airport.

A TSA security screener thought he saw an explosive device in someone's bag. When the worker went to re-screen the bag, it was gone. The apparent breach prompted a two hour shutdown of the gate areas. Authorities eventually found the man and a search of his bags turned up nothing.

Officials acknowledge that a malfunction in the screening machine incorrectly displayed a test image.

Operations are expected to be back to normal at the airport this morning.

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They were probably just filming an episode of A&E's Airline.
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 Post subject: Re: Evacuation at Chicago's Midway Airport ??
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the lockness lobster Wrote:
Charli Wrote:
Saw it on the news a couple hrs ago.

Apparently through the baggage check sites they spotted a grenade in someone's bag and they stopped and held the wrong bag and person and accidentally let the right one through.

They then had to shut the airport down and disallow all outgoing flights and keep incoming flights on their planes.

They then tried to evacuate the airport while they tried to find the suspect.

Prettty frigging scary. That's only about 20 minutes away from where I live. yikes.


You're a bit off:

November 16, 2004 — A problem with a screening machine stalled hundreds of passengers and grounded dozens of flights at Midway Airport.

A TSA security screener thought he saw an explosive device in someone's bag. When the worker went to re-screen the bag, it was gone. The apparent breach prompted a two hour shutdown of the gate areas. Authorities eventually found the man and a search of his bags turned up nothing.

Officials acknowledge that a malfunction in the screening machine incorrectly displayed a test image.

Operations are expected to be back to normal at the airport this morning.

source



ACTUALLY Spencer, I was going by what they were literally SAYING on the news at 9 last night!

So it's obvious that they jumped the gun and found out what really went wrong and the media is backpedaling now.

everything I wrote they were literally reporting word for word on Channel 9 news
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Word for word? You have pretty good memory.
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Word for word? You have pretty good memory.


Oh bite me you silly greek. :wink:

Leave me alone I'm home from work really sick today and not in the mood for a scuffle. :(
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Hmmm...

Yesterday - Talk with Joseph Arthur
Today - Really sick

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Hmmm...

Yesterday - Talk with Joseph Arthur
Today - Really sick

;)


Me have beginnings of what hopefully is not flu but may be. Dat's why I didn't go to show last night.

My couch has been treating me well today.
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Charli Wrote:
the lockness lobster Wrote:
Charli Wrote:
Saw it on the news a couple hrs ago.

Apparently through the baggage check sites they spotted a grenade in someone's bag and they stopped and held the wrong bag and person and accidentally let the right one through.

They then had to shut the airport down and disallow all outgoing flights and keep incoming flights on their planes.

They then tried to evacuate the airport while they tried to find the suspect.

Prettty frigging scary. That's only about 20 minutes away from where I live. yikes.


You're a bit off:

November 16, 2004 — A problem with a screening machine stalled hundreds of passengers and grounded dozens of flights at Midway Airport.

A TSA security screener thought he saw an explosive device in someone's bag. When the worker went to re-screen the bag, it was gone. The apparent breach prompted a two hour shutdown of the gate areas. Authorities eventually found the man and a search of his bags turned up nothing.

Officials acknowledge that a malfunction in the screening machine incorrectly displayed a test image.

Operations are expected to be back to normal at the airport this morning.

source



ACTUALLY Spencer, I was going by what they were literally SAYING on the news at 9 last night!

So it's obvious that they jumped the gun and found out what really went wrong and the media is backpedaling now.

everything I wrote they were literally reporting word for word on Channel 9 news


Whoa. Take it easy. I thought I should post this so people knew what actually happened. I believe that it was misreported, but don't you think it would be responsible to inform the obnish of the events after? That way they don't think some crazed maniac is flying around the country with a grenade.

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OPA! Wrote:
Word for word? You have pretty good memory.


Heh heh, snide little me was going to question which news broadcast had such a penchant for run on sentences.

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