Jet evacuated at LAX after item found

[cal04]

AN Alaska Airlines flight carrying 125 people was evacuated on landing at Los Angeles International Airport after reporting a suspicious package on board, authorities said.

Police using bomb-sniffing dogs quickly determined that item was not explosive, LAX spokesman Harold Johnson said, but were still investigating.

Mr Johnson said crew members on Flight 281, which was inbound to Los Angeles from Guadalajara, notified airport police that an item on board didn't belong to any of the passengers.

The plane landed normally but taxied to a remote area of the tarmac. Passengers were evacuated and taken to a terminal on buses as police examined the item.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20133335-1702,00.html

[villager]

1. Lip gloss, perhaps?

n/t

[AndyA]

8. I'm betting dirty diaper. So difficult to determine what could be inside.

I can't forget the image of the woman tossing her makeup into the trash last week. She held up a tube of something and said, "$80.00, in the trash."

What a waste, but that pretty much describes our GOP-led Congress and Administration.

[sui generis]

13. put the diapers down and back away with your hands in the air!...

[villager]

15. what's inside are Buscho's plans and policies

n/t

[Xenotime]

2. Somebody was gellin

[Nimrod2005]

3. This would be justified if they found hair gel and gatorade...

[The_Casual_Observer]

4. Guadalajara? My guess is one of those lacquered frogs

playing the banjo.

[Pierre.Suave]

5. This has become

ridiculous.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

6. I just flew out of LAX last night.

They're still selling liquids and gels at the gates past the carry-on baggage checkpoints. Only thing keeping people from taking them onto the plane is a PA message asking passengers to consume them before taking them on the plane.

It's all one big joke.

[XNASA]

7. Mexican Snake?

:shrug:

[cascadiance]

11. Uh oh!

or perhaps someone was wearing this badge...

[gasperc]

9. as the economy grinds to a halt over this shit

I'm sure Bush Inc is getting desperate for an actual attack that they can blame the sinking economy on...

[NRaleighLiberal]

10. someone found *Bush's bulge?? or Pickles cartons of ciggies?

[devilgrrl]

12. WOLF!!!!! WOLF!!!!!! WOLF!!!!!!

:eyes:

[obreaslan]

14. CONTAINER WITH RED LIQUID!!!! CODE RED!!!! CODE RED!!!!! CODE RED!!!!!

Oh, just a false alarm....