I think it might have been a lawn sprinkler, "telescoping pipe".......
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Brian Harris
First Defense Fire Protection
Design Engineer
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Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:13 AM
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Subject: Flex-Head?
Harmless object prompts LAX evacuation
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- A terminal at Los Angeles International
Airport was partially evacuated Thursday when an item found in luggage
triggered a security alert. The object turned out to be a sprinkler pipe.
The item, in a checked bag, prompted the closure of a departure area, ticket
counter and stores in the upper level of Terminal One shortly after 11:30
a.m., airport authorities said. Dozens of people were sent outside to the
sidewalk.
A bomb squad was called and a 300-foot perimeter was set up around a
screening machine that detected something resembling a pipe bomb, Nico
Melendez, a federal Transportation Security Administration spokesman.
Two arriving Southwest Airlines flights were held at the west end of the
airport rather than being allowed to roll up to the terminal.
Eventually, the owner of the luggage was located and turned out to be a
managing partner in a sprinkler company, airport spokesman Marshall Lowe
said.
"He had one of his products in his checked luggage," Lowe said.
Melendez said the item was a telescoping pipe that attaches to a sprinkler
head. He did not have specifics.
The all-clear was called after about 90 minutes.
David Autry
Plans Examiner
Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office
246 S. 14th Street
Lincoln, NE 68508
402-471-9659
402-471-3118 fax
www.sfm.ne.gov
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