luvthe9
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singh4us
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:huh:
:blink: US Airways flight diverted to Vegas after security incident in LA
By ROBERT JABLON
Associated Press Writer
March 6, 2007, 6:22 PM EST
LOS ANGELES -- An Iraqi immigrant with a suspicious device stuffed into a body cavity was detained at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday and a Philadelphia-bound jetliner was diverted to Las Vegas because his luggage was aboard, authorities said.
The device and the luggage were cleared by bomb squads in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
"There never was a threat," said Larry Fetters, security director at Los Angeles International Airport for the federal Transportation Security Administration.
Fadhel Al-Maliki, 35, of Atlantic City, N.J., was held for a mental evaluation and for a possible immigration violation, federal officials said.
Al-Maliki is a permanent legal resident who came to the United States in 1994.
He had flown into Los Angeles from Philadelphia on Monday and was booked for a Tuesday return flight when he was chosen for extra security screening around 5:30 a.m. at Terminal One, which houses US Airways, America West and Southwest Airlines.
He triggered an alert during the secondary screening and immediately told screeners about the device he was carrying, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
"He initially said it was therapeutic," she said.
The device had a wire and what may have been a magnet concealed in his rectum, federal officials said.
It did not contain any explosives, Eimiller said.
Al-Maliki said he had flown to Los Angeles for a visit but details were unclear, Eimiller said.
The terminal remained open during the incident and no takeoffs or landings were affected, but a US Airways jet en route to Philadelphia was diverted because Al-Maliki's checked luggage already had been screened and put aboard the plane.
Flight 1422, carrying 143 passengers and six crew members, landed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas about 8:30 a.m.
The Airbus A320 was searched in a secure area away from terminals and cleared about noon to continue to Philadelphia, said Chris Jones, an airport spokesman. Passengers were given options to resume their flight aboard the jet, stay in Las Vegas or return to Los Angeles, he said.
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Associated Press Writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/new...ion-apnewjersey
BuffaloJoe
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Those TSA guys earned their pay today. I just hope the Rubber Gloves didn't break.:huh:
US Airways flight diverted to Vegas after security incident in LA
By ROBERT JABLON
Associated Press Writer
March 6, 2007, 6:22 PM EST
LOS ANGELES -- An Iraqi immigrant with a suspicious device stuffed into a body cavity was detained at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday and a Philadelphia-bound jetliner was diverted to Las Vegas because his luggage was aboard, authorities said.
The device and the luggage were cleared by bomb squads in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
"There never was a threat," said Larry Fetters, security director at Los Angeles International Airport for the federal Transportation Security Administration.
Fadhel Al-Maliki, 35, of Atlantic City, N.J., was held for a mental evaluation and for a possible immigration violation, federal officials said.
Al-Maliki is a permanent legal resident who came to the United States in 1994.
He had flown into Los Angeles from Philadelphia on Monday and was booked for a Tuesday return flight when he was chosen for extra security screening around 5:30 a.m. at Terminal One, which houses US Airways, America West and Southwest Airlines.
He triggered an alert during the secondary screening and immediately told screeners about the device he was carrying, FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said.
"He initially said it was therapeutic," she said.
The device had a wire and what may have been a magnet concealed in his rectum, federal officials said.
It did not contain any explosives, Eimiller said.
Al-Maliki said he had flown to Los Angeles for a visit but details were unclear, Eimiller said.
The terminal remained open during the incident and no takeoffs or landings were affected, but a US Airways jet en route to Philadelphia was diverted because Al-Maliki's checked luggage already had been screened and put aboard the plane.
Flight 1422, carrying 143 passengers and six crew members, landed at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas about 8:30 a.m.
The Airbus A320 was searched in a secure area away from terminals and cleared about noon to continue to Philadelphia, said Chris Jones, an airport spokesman. Passengers were given options to resume their flight aboard the jet, stay in Las Vegas or return to Los Angeles, he said.
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Associated Press Writer Ken Ritter in Las Vegas contributed to this report.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/new...ion-apnewjersey
The Lynyrd Skynyrd song comes to mind, "ewe ewe That Smell, The Smell that surrounds you"
Hope777
Veteran
He was from Atlantic City NJ. Any chance this was our Beloved Piney in disguise showing his displeasure towards the Sand Castle?
singh4us
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robynita
Newbie
Maybe he is related to the dirty old man that was peaking under bathroom stalls in FLL on Sunday...anyone see that on CNN headline news? Old jerk terrorized some poor woman!
BuffaloJoe
Veteran
I guess he thought that wasa type of nico-derm patch.. I guess he was cutting down to 1 Butt a day
Dog Wonder
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I can hear Barney Fife at the checkpoint now.
'Please have your boarding pass out and available, take your shoes off and remove all magnets and wires from your rectum and place them on the belt!'
'Please have your boarding pass out and available, take your shoes off and remove all magnets and wires from your rectum and place them on the belt!'
BuffaloJoe
Veteran
Austin Powers would say "Sh!ts and Giggles".
Dog Wonder
Veteran
When I read he was from ACY, I was just waiting to see who the first wise arse would be to suggest that.
Looks like you won!!
Don Pardo tell him/her what they've won. You've won an all expense paid vacation to Camden New Jersey, That's right sunny Camden with the highest per capita crime rate in America, Accomodations are on the White Horse Pike and just for you they've agreed to waive the sheet charge.
Second prize is TWO weeks in Camden.
With a free magnets and wires inspection at at checkpoint.
flyastrojets
Member
Well, the answer to the first half of that question is that there is no requirement for positive passenger bag matching on domestic flights. As for why he had a magnet crammed up his butt, only he knows....
BuffaloJoe
Veteran
I was hoping for a trip to Great Adventure!When I read he was from ACY, I was just waiting to see who the first wise arse would be to suggest that.
Looks like you won!!
Don Pardo tell him/her what they've won. You've won an all expense paid vacation to Camden New Jersey, That's right sunny Camden with the highest per capita crime rate in America, Accomodations are on the White Horse Pike and just for you they've agreed to waive the sheet charge.
Second prize is TWO weeks in Camden.
