Originally Posted by
ralfp
Running away from the scene of a bomb treat, away from the area where the TSA told you to wait? That's a terrible idea. The TSA did not tell people that they were being held next to a bomb, so running away from the area would be a clear indication that you know about the threat and should be held for questioning.
The sad thing is I don't even know if this calls for a
... so it's really a
and
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Heck, I can even see how a paranoid TSA employee would consider a passenger pulling out a cell phone a threat (might be trying to remote-detonate the device). So no, without more info, I would not put blame on the passengers.
I hadn't thought about these possibilities, but you are, of course, correct. If I find myself in this situation, I'll still pull out the cell phone. Unless I'm in Denver, where there's a possibility that a TSO is carrying.
Originally Posted by
Jaimito Cartero
It takes 30 minutes to clear a bag of candy and an iPod? Did they bring sniffer dogs in? Sheeeesh.
And they couldn't isolate the "threat" and let the passengers go on their merry ways?
I have no doubt that someone will soon be along to tell us that they have SSI about this incident and that it was a real threat.
Mike