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Bomb Squad Sweeps Plane, Man Questioned
2006-08-20
We're going to see a lot of this for a while -- and probably a lot of deliberately false alarms designed to tire out security and probe for weaknesses, too.
Bomb-sniffing dogs swept a Delta Airlines flight from Atlanta upon landing Saturday after authorities said a passenger tampered with a smoke detector and moved ceiling panels in a lavatory.

The passenger, a San Antonio man who was not identified, was being questioned by federal authorities at San Antonio International Airport, FBI spokesman Erik Vasys said. "We're just trying to determine what his intentions were," Vasys said. "It may be a simple issue which does not result in an arrest."
FBI guy didn't immediately assure us that the perp wasn't a terrorist. Whoa ....
The passenger on Delta Flight 6492 was overheard being "disruptive" in the lavatory by flight attendants and had spent an extended amount of time there, said Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Jennifer Peppin. A bomb-sniffing dog that inspected the lavatory upon landing "showed some interest," airport spokesman David Hebert said. A bomb squad then swept the plane but found no suspicious materials, he said.

Thirty-six passengers were on board and flight attendants didn't grow suspicious of the passenger until late into the flight, Hebert said.
Posted by:lotp

#1  Sounds like he might have been a sperm donor on a tight schedule.
Posted by: Besoeker   2006-08-20 11:29  

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