QUASHED: Explosive Substances Believed to be Found at Tri-State Airport

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Tri State Airport Evacuated

Tri-State Airport in Wayne County has been evacuated. A perimeter has been set up, and evacuees are being asked to stand back 350 feet from the airport.

The Transportation Security Administration reports that a passenger's water bottle screened positive for an explosive material around 9:15 this morning. A second test was confirmed at 11:25. TSA is waiting for further testing to determine the exact substance.

NBC News reports that federal screeners found four containers of liquids inside a woman's carry-on bag during the screening process this morning. Larry Salyers, Tri-State Airport Director, tells WSAZ the woman is of Pakistani origin, lived in Jackson, Michigan and most recently lived in the Huntington area. She is being detained for questioning.

FBI officials are on scene.

At least one flight has been diverted to Yeager Airport in Charleston. Salyers says it is uncertain when the airport will resume operations.

live feed available (nothing much happening)

http://www.wsaz.com/breakingnews/3590966.html

[fishnfla]

1. 9:15 this am?

breaking late

[bigtree]

7. I'll take that off

did I miss this this morning? posted here anywhere?

[fishnfla]

13. It weren't against you bigtree

I have not heard nor seen anything about this anywhere else. Seems something of this nature should've been blasted all over this am

terra scare and all

[Mabus]

2. So much for the "stopping them here" meme

All those wiretaps and this happens!

If this proves to be accurate, Bush is gonna take it in the shorts.

[Missy M]

3. All of this is getting to be ridiculous....

was it really the liquids or is it because the woman is of Pakistani origin.

[niyad]

4. yawwwnnnnn-- completely expected, of course.

[Sanity Claws]

5. Isn't this the fifth scare in less than a week?

1. the flights between London and the US;
2. the woman on the plane yesterday;
3. Seattle cargo yesterday;
4. W.Va. explosives;
5. this incident.

Isn't it amazing how the terror scares increase exponentially as we grow closer to the election?

[derby378]

6. Well, we needed something to distract us from the NSA ruling in Detroit

:shrug:

[Imagevision]

8. This finding also will prove to be in error also...

[Hubert Flottz]

9. Holy Sheepshit Margo!

That's just right down the road!...Gets out duct tape

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. Did you know Jon Benet is dead? Just heard it on the news.

[tocqueville]

11. the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen is highly explosive

in liquid form it is used by the space industry and is thought to have played a key role in the mysterious destruction of the shuttle Challenger...

[Sanity Claws]

18. That same mixture can also cause drowning in all mammals

but not fish.

[tocqueville]

19. that's why man and fish can coexist peacefully... nt

[bigtree]

12. alright, an update from the live video feed on the news site

woman still being questioned by FBI, Pakistani, four bottles liquid identified by bomb-sniffing dogs

Don't start busting my balls on this. I'm just passing the shit on.

[TechBear_Seattle]

14. TERRA! TERRA! TERRA!

More CIA plants... excuse me, al-Qaida terrorists will be found and detained until the American people become convinced that a vote for Ned Lamont and all the other anti-war Democrats will only encouraging those Islamist militants.

TERRA! TERRA! TERRA!

[bigtree]

15. Ha! A DUD!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1930997&mesg_id=1930997

[Jacobin]

16. Update: Noxzema

seriously

[bigtree]

17. this ought to destroy the liquid bomb scam they're running

there hasn't been any liquid bomb found anywhere I believe