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 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David > Autry > Sent: Friday, May 18, 2007 9:13 AM > To: [email protected] > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > To Unsubscribe, send an email > to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field) -- Best regards, Charles mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum To Unsubscribe, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Put the word unsubscribe in the subject field)
