Careless French bomb squad causes terror alert

[emad]

Amelia Gentleman in Paris
Monday December 6, 2004
The Guardian

A moment of carelessness had humiliating consequences for French bomb squad officers, when they accidentally mislaid an explosive device, hidden for training purposes in an unknown passenger's suitcase, triggering a global terror alert.

Officers training sniffer-dogs at Roissy airport outside Paris this weekend slipped 150 grams of plastic explosive in the side pocket of a blue bag, selected randomly from luggage waiting to be loaded on to a plane.

While they went to find a trainee dog to sniff it out, baggage handlers put the suitcase on a conveyor belt, where it was swiftly dispatched on to a waiting plane.

Last night the explosive was still missing.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/france/story/0,11882,1367287,00.html

[Florida_Geek]

1. Grrr this has happened in the US

to,,, but Oh No it is a French thing that hits the news.

[sam sarrha]

2. That is a 1/4 POUND of plastic explosive..!!!!

They said it is probably in a pocket the customer doesnt use and probably wont look in when they get home... does this stuff get unstable with age ????!!!!!

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