Garlic Forces Passengers From Philadelphia Airport

[kurth]

December 1, 2005
Garlic Forces Passengers From Airport

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Dozens of passengers were evacuated into the rainy night at Philadelphia International Airport by a bomb scare. A bag being checked for an American Airlines flight set off an alarm at Terminal A-East around 7 p.m. Wednesday night.

Fire trucks and the bomb squad were called in, and the all-clear was sounded about two hours later -- after the baggage in question turned out to contain garlic paste.

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Information from: WPVI-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi

[Richard Steele]

1. I saw the headline, and assumed Rumsfeld was the passenger in question.

[underpants]

2. I swear to god I thought it said "Gaelic"

Visions of the Capital One ads.

[NoPasaran]

3. Police have ruled out vampires as the culprits n/t

[hwmnbn]

4. good one....

:rofl: :rofl:

[marmar]

5. We have smell-sensitive screening equipment now?

You better not come to the airport without having taken a shower!

[MercutioATC]

6. It's chemical-sensitive. Something in the garlic must have set it off.

Ever had them swipe your bag with what looks like a folded-up wet-nap? That's chemical-sensitive cloth that's supposed to detect explosives.

[marmar]

7. Yes...

That little cloth they stick into the machine before letting your bag move on to the luggage belt?

[MercutioATC]

8. I haven't seen that...

I've had the zippers on my carry-on bags swabbed with a cloth before, though...I asked and they said it detected explosives residue.