Breaking News: 7/4/10 Terminal Evacuation at JFK Due to Bomb Threat
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Breaking News: 7/4/10 Terminal Evacuation at JFK Due to Bomb Threat
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News report: Terminal dump at JFK
I wonder what innocuous object the TSA is convinced will blow up this time?
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QUEENS (WABC) -- Terminal 1 at JFK was evacuated due to an unknown possible threat Sunday evening.
Passengers and workers at the airport confirm that the terminal was evacuated.
Hazmat trucks are also on the scene.
Authorities say that there was a threat of some kind and they are investigating.
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QUEENS (WABC) -- Terminal 1 at JFK was evacuated due to an unknown possible threat Sunday evening.
Passengers and workers at the airport confirm that the terminal was evacuated.
Hazmat trucks are also on the scene.
Authorities say that there was a threat of some kind and they are investigating.
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JFK Airport terminal in NYC evacuated due to bomb scare that turns out to be false alarm
By The Associated Press (CP) 12 minutes ago
NEW YORK, N.Y. A terminal at New York City's JFK Airport has been evacuated due to a bomb scare that turned out to be a false alarm.
A Port Authority spokesman says 250 to 300 passengers were evacuated from Terminal 1 at the airport at about 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) Sunday.
The evacuation happened after an anonymous phone caller said there was a bomb at the airport, and at the same time someone else reported an unattended bag.
Port Authority spokesman John Kelly says police checked the bag and it was not a bomb. He says passengers will be allowed back into the terminal soon.
By The Associated Press (CP) 12 minutes ago
NEW YORK, N.Y. A terminal at New York City's JFK Airport has been evacuated due to a bomb scare that turned out to be a false alarm.
A Port Authority spokesman says 250 to 300 passengers were evacuated from Terminal 1 at the airport at about 6 p.m. (2200 GMT) Sunday.
The evacuation happened after an anonymous phone caller said there was a bomb at the airport, and at the same time someone else reported an unattended bag.
Port Authority spokesman John Kelly says police checked the bag and it was not a bomb. He says passengers will be allowed back into the terminal soon.
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Guess What - False Alarm
JFK Airport terminal evacuated; false alarm
AP: Authorities report phone threat, but unattended bag wasn't dangerous
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38090153...iner_security/
More abundance of caution...
AP: Authorities report phone threat, but unattended bag wasn't dangerous
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38090153...iner_security/
More abundance of caution...
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JFK Airport terminal evacuated; false alarm
AP: Authorities report phone threat, but unattended bag wasn't dangerous
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38090153...iner_security/
More abundance of caution...
AP: Authorities report phone threat, but unattended bag wasn't dangerous
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38090153...iner_security/
More abundance of caution...
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Whoever fixed my thread title, thank you!
I had copied and pasted more, but I guess it was too long. It was bad that it stopped at "bomb" and I didnt catch it before posting. Sorry for the error.
I had copied and pasted more, but I guess it was too long. It was bad that it stopped at "bomb" and I didnt catch it before posting. Sorry for the error.
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No problems. You should be just fine on the thread. Mods will fixed the title for you.
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Guess somebody was taking Pistole's "see something, say something" to heart. Sad, isn't it?
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C'mon folks, this had nothing at all to do with Pistole or the TSA .
If a bomb threat is phoned in you don't ignore it completely. Yes, it's most likely a hoax but combined with an apparently abandoned bag evacuation seems prudent to me.
Unless as per incidents in the past, the evacuation caused everyone to move back toward the suspect bag, in which case .
An unattended bag is one of the few things I will report. Put it down to living in London 1979-82.
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However, I must muse about total evacuations; it seems to me that a circular clear zone of an established radius away from the suspected threat instead of a total terminal exacuation might be equally effective in some cases. I understand that there would be operational constraints since things move quickly in these situations and exacuation is a simple, one-size-fits-all solution, but I am reminded of the EWR terminal evacuation and can't help but think of what would have happened if a bomb went off in the middle of that croud . . .