The bomb squad was called once because I left my test kit next to a
hydrant on a college campus.
At 12:15 PM 5/18/2007, you wrote:
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
> 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
>
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