Science fair project causes Omaha terminal to be evacuated

A "suspicious" item in a carryon resulted in the evacuation & search of a terminal at the Omaha airport.

CTPost: Science project closes Omaha airport terminal

And this:

I can only assume from reading this that prior to the "abundance of caution", the mental lightweights in cheap blue shirts simply let the guy with the "suspicious" object continue into the sterile area. Otherwise why was it necessary to evacuate and search the terminal?

 

Too funny. I hope it was the trip home from the science fair. Those are some great photos. What. a. mess!

 

I'm counting this one as yet another security failure.

There was another sanfu yesterday near CVG when the local police intercepted what was probably an OIG inspector on his way to do a security check. When paranoia and stupidity are mixed this is the sort of thing that results.
http://www.local12.com/news/local/s...incinnati-Airport/Pym4uc3jBUyxspyHWiow-Q.cspx

 

What an absolute joke! The few terrorists there are out there, in some far off country are laughing their asses off. I can hear them now, "Look at the stupid Americans, we have them scared of their own shadow!" LulzSec didn't get this much free entertainment or ROI, who can beat 10 years of this kind of ROI?!

 

The good news however is that no children or old folks were molested while the terminal was shut down.

 

Wonder how many screeners were peeing their pants when this was found....

 

No, but they got to molest everybody twice!

 

Looks like a few of the clerks had to put their donuts down, and walk around the terminal!

 

So that's two benefits courtesy of Science Guy -- nobody groped in the interim & the clerks get to work off some lard.

 

Sounds like bonus day for the TSA!

 

Sounds like some bonus T&A for TSA...

 

A picture of the device & discussion of its components, but no clue as to what it does:

Wired: It’s Not a Bomb, But What Is It?

 

More details ...

Physics Central: Physics apparatus that mimics medical device may be behind airport shutdown

So in other words, it does the same thing as the little thingy that my physical therapists kept sticking on my finger. I should have called a bomb squad.