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Jack the Rat bites the Big One at Dulles
 Transcribed from print edition of General Aviation News, Oct 1, 2004It was a threat of another kind that plunged Washington's Dulles International Airport (IAD) into darkness on Sept. 5. A hungry rat bit into an electrical cable, shorting out the airport's entire power grid. Travelers and employees were in the dark for at least 40 minutes before emergency generators came on. Security inspections were stopped during the blackout and several flights were cancelled. The TSA smelled a rat in this plot. Authorities quickly dismissed terrorism as the cause of the blackout when they discovered the electrical cable with a bite out of it --- and a dead rat nearby. Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-10-17 |
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