Tue, Jan 23, 2007
Non-Specific Threat Delayed Some 30 Pax In Houston
Once again we learn that
one idiot with a sick sense of humor is all it takes to tie up an
airport's emergency services, and a significant portion of a city's
law enforcement personnel.
On Monday, officials at the Tyler Pounds Regional Airport in
Tyler, TX received a vague threat of a possible bomb at the
airport, or on board a Continental Express Saab 340 (file photo of
type below).
The threat was passed to the FBI and the Department of Homeland
Security (DHS) whose officials made the decision to allow the
aircraft to continue its 200-mile trip to Houston.
After the aircraft landed at Houston's Bush Intercontinental
Airport, it was escorted to a remote area where police searched and
cleared it to continue to a gate.
While investigators searched the aircraft, DHS spokesman Jarrod
Agent told Reuters, "The threat is considered as non-credible. The
flight landed without incident. It's being searched as
precautionary measure only."
Media reports are conflicted, but it appears there were
approximately 30 passengers aboard who sat quietly for the 45
minutes required to thoroughly search the aircraft.
After getting off the aircraft, a reporter from KTSB-TV in
Shreveport, LA said, "They came on just a few minutes ago, said it
was clear. We taxied in."
None of the shenanigens interrupted operations at the airport --
other than to tie up emergency fire and rescue personnel.
The FBI is investigating the source of the threat.
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