Security Scare Closes British Airport

[emad]

Guardian
DARLINGTON, England (AP) - Police arrested a Libyan man and blew up his luggage Saturday in a security scare that closed a small regional airport for about two hours.

No traces of explosives were found in an initial check of the luggage at Durham-Tees Valley Airport, police said.

It was not immediately clear why the 35-year-old man's baggage aroused suspicions, but he was arrested under the Terrorism Act, police said.

Passengers were evacuated from the flight, which was destined for London Heathrow airport, and army experts carried out a controlled explosion on the suspect's luggage.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4680873,00.html

POLICE in the UK are always arresting these chaps and blowing up their belongings ....

[nine23]

1. Overkill? I wonder if he'll claim it as lost/damaged baggage...

[annabanana]

2. So, blowing up luggage, "just in case" has become S.O.P.?

This is pretty bizarre... Did they x-ray the suitcases first? Or just blow them up?

edit typo

[tanyev]

3. Note to self.

Pack anything I really want to keep in carry-on luggage.