Promoted by Steven D.
You’ll be happy to know that the new restrictions imposed by DHS on American flights (and all of the fuss that has gone along with it) has not prevented a 21 year old psychology student from bringing actual TNT / nitroglycerin explosives from Buenos Aires to one of America’s busiest airports in Houston.
See CBS Video Here (YouTube – click pic):
In Buenos Aires, Marcelo Sain, head of Argentina’s Airport Security Police, told local television that authorities found “a Coca-Cola bottle with mud, and inside it was a tube with ammonium nitrate, a little bit of dynamite and a detonator,” according to Reuters.
In Houston, KTRK-13 quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the man had a blasting cap, a homemade fuse and a quarter-pound of ammonium nitrate, in addition to the dynamite.
Aren’t you happy you handed over your makeup and hair-gel in the name of airline security, now? The explosives were found AFTER the plane landed at George Bush International Airport.
The story is a strange one, as well. Apparently, this psychology student was interested in the mining industry somehow — or so they say. He has been quoted as saying that this home-made device — made with a Coke bottle — was a “souvenir”.
The FBI has been quick to determine that this is not a “terrrorist” incident, however. Nothing to see here, folks. He’s a young caucasian (I’m assuming) American, afterall (snark).
Yeah.
Except he managed to bring an explosive on board a plane that, willfully or accidentally, could have caused the deaths of hundreds of Americans.
Bill Waldock, aviation safety professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Arizona, said the incident could have been disastrous and raises questions about security in overseas airports. Dynamite can be unstable if it’s old, he added.
“You’re in a pressurized airplane, you get a detonation in the cargo hold, it could blow a hole in the airplane big enough to bring it down,” he said.
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Here’s a notice, that caught my attention, posted at the Buenos Aires Airport website. Notice the last line.
Methinks less obsession over hair gel and more concern over checked-in baggage would be advisable. DHS? Are you listening?
Heres a picture you can use to help your “Homeland Security” efforts.
