Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 Los Angeles International Airport just had an explosion, according to FoxNews, but they haven't posted the story on the site, yet. Pray!
FutureSoror Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy Mercy.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 4, 2004 Author Posted September 4, 2004 L.A. Airport Shut Down; Possible Security Breach Saturday, September 04, 2004 LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles International Airport (search) was shut down early Saturday because of a possible security breach and a separate incident at an international terminal security screening station, an airport spokesman said. No information was immediately available on the incident at Tom Bradley International Terminal (search), airport spokesman Harold Johnson said. Officials also did not explain the possible security breach that shut down terminals 6, 7 and 8. The terminals are connected. Traffic was being diverted from the airport.
Hermione Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 It was corroded batteries in a flashlight... as reported by CNN.
Thy Geekdom Come Posted September 4, 2004 Author Posted September 4, 2004 [quote name='Hermione' date='Sep 4 2004, 02:01 PM'] It was corroded batteries in a flashlight... as reported by CNN. [/quote] They exploded enough to close three terminals immediately and the whole airport later? Wow. Oh, well. All the better that our initial assumptions were wrong.
StColette Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 [quote name='Hermione' date='Sep 4 2004, 01:01 PM'] It was corroded batteries in a flashlight... as reported by CNN. [/quote] wow batteries ?
Scofizzle Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 I don't think that cooroded batteries wil lrxplode like that. It ma have caused some suspision at a security check but that would not be the reason to shut down several terminals.
StColette Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 Fox News Security Concerns Prompt LAX Shutdown Saturday, September 04, 2004 LOS ANGELES — Four terminals at Los Angeles International Airport (search) were shut down early Saturday after a passenger bypassed security at one terminal and a flashlight battery exploded during screening at another, authorities said. The two incidents a half-hour apart on the busy Labor Day weekend appeared to be unrelated, said FBI (search) spokeswoman Cathy Viray. Several people suffered minor injuries. The scare at the international terminal apparently came when a flashlight battery exploded as it was being screened by a Transportation Security Administration (search) worker, Viray said. "When it was going through screening, the TSA individual touched it and at that point it exploded," she said. The TSA worker suffered minor injuries to his hands, Viray said. Airport spokesman Tom Winfrey said the small explosion "slightly injured several people." The passenger whose bag was being screened at the time was being questioned. About half an hour earlier, a passenger bypassed security at United Airlines' Terminal 8, prompting the evacuation of terminals 6, 7 and 8, Winfrey said. Authorities cleared the terminals, which are connected, in order to re-screen passengers, he said. About 30 departing United flights were listed as delayed, and 17 of the airline's inbound flights were listed as canceled or delayed. Traffic was diverted from the airport and hundreds of people could be seen standing outside the airport. The shutdown Saturday followed a bomb scare Friday at Ontario International Airport that prompted the evacuation of 1,000 people for two hours. The suspicious bag that caused it turned out to contain only cosmetics, officials said. Authorities are especially wary of terrorism at Los Angeles International Airport, among the world's busiest. It has twice been targeted for attacks — a foiled bomb plot planned for around New Year's Day 2000, and a shooting at a check-in counter that left three dead on July 4, 2002.
Scofizzle Posted September 4, 2004 Posted September 4, 2004 well then...... aparently I don't know my flashlight battery technical manual as well as I thought I did.
Guest T-Bone Posted September 5, 2004 Posted September 5, 2004 That's either battery acid or a cover-up I smell....
Ash Wednesday Posted September 5, 2004 Posted September 5, 2004 [quote] and a shooting at a check-in counter that left three dead on July 4, 2002.[/quote] I flew in to L.A. right about when this happened. Thank God I flew into the Burbank airport.
jasJis Posted September 5, 2004 Posted September 5, 2004 YOu must not know your flashlight manual. Any battery operated device will tell you not to mix old and new batteries together, they can explode. When you are screened, the screeners will operate most battery devices to make sure their what you say they are. If they had old and new batteries mixed, it could exploded. Consider the number of devices that are tested at the airport. It's surprising it hasn't happened before. A few years ago, there was a 60Minute piece on this and they interviewed people who had been burned or blinded from this. I'm actually a little paranoid about this and will throw away and loose battery so it doesn't get mixed with new batteries in a radio or something.
Guest T-Bone Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 They will explode if disposed of by fire or recharged. This has to do with the heating effect. I do not beleive that a battery would explode and rupture a flashlight case just from the light being momentarily turned on. I still smell a cover-up.
HomeTeamFamily Posted September 6, 2004 Posted September 6, 2004 <-------checks batteries in all battery operated devices.............
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