Hello Kurt,

They hunted me down in the airport one time for a Window Sash Weight
in my checked baggage.

Friday, May 18, 2007, 9:16:55 AM, you wrote:

> My Guess is an adjustable drop.

> Kurt Olson

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> Autry
> 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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