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Slovak Air Security Test Goes Very Wrong
In what no doubt seemed like a good idea at the time, Slovak officials decided to test security at two airports in Slovakia on Saturday by concealing plastic explosives in eight suitcases and waiting to see what happened next.Here's what happened next: airport security intercepted seven of the suitcases but failed to detect 96 grams of the plastic explosive RDX loaded into one bag, which belonged to a Slovak electrician who lives in Ireland and had no idea his luggage had been tampered with. The man boarded his flight to Dublin, retrieved his bag and went home to his apartment. The man then unpacked but, The Irish Times reports, the explosives had been concealed so well that he did not find them.' Two days later, on Monday, it occurred to someone in Slovakia that one of the explosive-packed bags had gone missing and Slovakian police contacted their counterparts in Dublin to ask for help. On Tuesday morning, the Irish Army's bomb squad paid a visit to the apartment of the Slovak electrician in Dublin and secured the explosives. According to a Canadian Press report, the man was detained for several hours by the Irish police who said they initially were led to believe the man might be a terrorist.' The man was released after Slovak officials made it clear that they had been responsible for planting the explosives. The Web site Slovakia Today reported that the tests were carried out at two airports one in Bratislava, the country's capital, and the other in central Slovakia. The Canadian Press reported that the explosives were loaded onto a Danube Wings flight to Dublin from Poprad-Tatry Airport. Irish authorities said that Slovakia's interior minister had been in touch to convey his government's profound regret for this incident,' Reuters reported. Posted by: tipper 2010-01-06 |
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