Small Luggage Explosion at Bush Airport

[The Straight Story]

Small Luggage Explosion at Bush Airport



HOUSTON - A small explosion occurred in a piece of luggage at Bush Intercontinental Airport, according to officials. No injuries were reported.

Smoke was seen coming from the luggage shortly after it was unloaded off a jet around 2:15 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Houston Airport System. The jet had just landed at the airport from Amsterdam.

Ground crews said they noticed something strange about a blue suitcase and were working to remove it when they heard a "pop" and smoke came pouring from it, according to an airport spokeswoman.

While no injuries were reported, several agencies, including the Houston Fire Department, were called to the scene.

http://www.myfoxhouston.com/dpp/news/local/100504-small-luggage-explosion-at-bush-airport

[lamp_shade]

1. I can't think of a single brilliant thing to say. I'll keep working on it.

[Nuclear Unicorn]

2. If it's Bush...

...it's a bomb.

[RufusTFirefly]

3. Prolly just someone's Cornstitewshunully pro-tected ammo. n/t

[xchrom]

5. +1 or conceal and carry bomb.

[slackmaster]

19. There is no way that small arms ammunition would explode spontaneously in that situation

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. Another probe

one of these days these probes will no longer be just probes.

Do this shit enough people will not take it seriously, opening all kinds of opportunities.

Damn it is so fucking obvious... oh and I am surprised the news has not gone into breaking news mode

[drm604]

6. There's a Bush Airport?

Not to minimize what could have happened if this thing had exploded in the air, but since when has there been a Bush Intercontinental Airport?

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. A while Houston, named after Senior

[BrklynLiberal]

8. That was my EXACT thought!!!

I never heard of that airport.

[WhiteTara]

15. used to be called "Hobby Intercontinental"

Bush the Meaner got them to change the name.

[Orangepeel]

16. Hobby is a different airport in Houston. Intercontinental is the big one.

It used to be Houston Intercontinental (still is, to me).

[Manifestor_of_Light]

20. We natives don't call it Bush or Intercontinental.

We call it Intergalactic.

I heard some silly DJ say that on the radio and thought it was the funniest thing ever.

:rofl:

The old airport on the SE side of town is William P. Hobby, named after a former Governor and owner of the Houston Post. It was built in the 40s and had to be refurbished to be the close-to-downtown airport that Southwest Airlines could use -- analagous to the Love Field situation in Dallas. TPTB wanted to close both Love Field and Hobby, and people wanted to use an old airport that wasn't so far from downtown. So Jim Wright, as Speaker, passed the Wright Amendment which enabled SW to use both of them since they were defined as short--hop to neighboring states airlines.

But I digress.


Ad I saw at the top of this thread before I signed in "SPRING LUGGAGE BLOWOUT" :rofl: :rofl:

[Igel]

26. Hard to be Humble, no?

IAH, Spring Luggage Blowout.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

28. There is the town of Humble, TX, not far from Intergalactic.

Named after Humble Oil & Refining Company, now known as Exxon.

[WhiteTara]

23. oh right. I got my H's mixed up.

:hi:

[WolverineDG]

25. Like National Airport

it should only be referred to as Houston Intercontinental Airport. :grr: I flip off that damn statue every time I have to fly through there.

dg

[kentauros]

29. Intercontinental is still designated IAH by the FAA

And I haven't ever had to correct myself when I've called it Intercontinental. Some newbies to town might not know, but I'll educate 'em :)

[WolverineDG]

31. I"ve never been corrected either

:evilgrin:

dg

[kentauros]

32. Which makes me wonder why we bother having a different name.

If no one in town calls it 'Bush' can't we just officially rename it back to what it's supposed to be? Like The Summit? :evilgrin:

[gkhouston]

27. Quite a while. I still call it "Intergalactic". n/t

[foxfeet]

9. Was Laura driving anywhere nearby?

[kentauros]

30. As in the Pauli Effect?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauli_effect

:D

[foxfeet]

33. You should see what she does to street lights.

But that's from driving into the poles.

[uppityperson]

10. UPDATE: NO explosion, probably deordorant.

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6989527.html

Authorities have given the "all clear" after investigating this afternooon a suspicious piece of luggage coming off an international flight at George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Despite initial reports of an explosion, one did not occur, said Houston Airport System spokeswoman Marlene McClinton.

Authorities had initially received a small aircraft emergency call around 2:15 p.m. for a bag on the tarmac near terminal D of the airport. An employee reported a small explosion and saw a mist expel from the bag, McClinton said. A hazardous materials team was dispatched to examine the bag, where crews determined it was not a danger.

The substance was most likely a personal care item, such as deodorant, that broke when it impacted with the ground, McClinton said.

"It was not an explosion," McClinton said. "When they were unloading the bag, they heard a pop when it landed on the ground … but it was a non event."

There were no reports of a fire, damage to property or injuries, according to authorities. "There (were) no disruptions to operations," McClinton said. "People on the plane continued as normal."

[Nuclear Unicorn]

12. Deodorant?

Well, that stinks!

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. DDDUUUUUZZZZZZYYYYYY

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. oy, thse days when I hear any of these stories

I automatically think worst case.

Though very technically it could be called an explosion... even if it didn't involve explosives.

:-)

[brewens]

11. Possibly something that didn't react well to an unpressurized

luggage compartment? Maybe wasn't smoke, but vapor of some kind.

[damntexdem]

17. The goes someone's pyro panties.

Guess he or she got mixed up as to which to wear on the flight.

;-)

[Zen Democrat]

18. There's a Bush airport, just like there's a Reagan airport.

I don't know a single soul in Houston who says Bush Airport. The two Houston airports are Intercontinental and Hobby. And that's just the way it is.

Oh, I guess Poppy and Babs call it "Bush" -- and Neil and Georgie and Marvin and Doro. That's probably it.

[Politicalboi]

21. Since flight is from Amsterdam

My guess would be a stash can with ruined pot inside. :cry:

[HopeHoops]

22. What, did Bush leave a Zippo near his bottle of Jack Daniels?

:shrug:

[Johonny]

24. you don't want your package to explode in the Bush hmm....