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LGA-4/14
Anyone know what's going on at LGA? http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/flyfaa...p?ARPT=LGA&p=0
General Departure Delays: Due to OTHER:POSSIBLE BOMB ON AIRCRAFT, traffic is experiencing Gate Hold and Taxi delays between 16 minutes and 30 minutes in length and increasing. |
Pistole flying, bombs at LGA... weird day for the TSA and FAA.
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quoting for posterity
AIRPORT STATUS INFORMATION provided by the FAA's Air Traffic Control System Command Center La Guardia Airport (LGA) Real-time Status The status information provided on this site indicates general airport conditions; it is not flight-specific. Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected. Delays by Destination: No destination-specific delays are being reported. General Departure Delays: Due to OTHER:POSSIBLE BOMB ON AIRCRAFT, traffic is experiencing Gate Hold and Taxi delays between 16 minutes and 30 minutes in length and increasing. General Arrival Delays: Arrival traffic is experiencing airborne delays of 15 minutes or less. This information was last updated: Apr 15, 2011 at 12:26 AM GMT Glossary of Air Traffic Management Terms - A table containing definitions and/or descriptions of many common Air Traffic Management acronyms. CLOSE WINDOW |
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/p...DrrFXOmMrrp85K
"A beeping credit card reader sparked a bomb scare tonight aboard an airline preparing for takeoff from LaGuardia Airport, authorities said. Passengers aboard Boston-bound US Airways Flight 2138 reported hearing a suspicious ticking sound inside the cabin area, according to an airline spokesman. The pilot asked the tower to taxi the plane — scheduled to go into the air at 6 p.m. — to a remote area and authorities were dispatched. “Yeah, we need to leave the runway to investigate a possible bomb,” the pilot told the control tower, according to radio transmissions. Rescue workers evacuated 99 passengers, transported them to the terminal and then searched the cabin area and cargo hold, said a Port Authority spokeswoman. The culprit turned out to be the low battery indicator on a portable credit card reader, the spokeswoman added. The passengers will be re-boarded and the flight is expected to take off shortly. . Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/p...#ixzz1JY2nv0K3 |
Never having encountered a bomb...
Don't they only beep in the movies and on tv? |
Originally Posted by mules
(Post 16220638)
Never having encountered a bomb...
Don't they only beep in the movies and on tv? |
So, for a couple hundred bucks worth of these, someone could probably shut down the entire system.
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Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 16220665)
So, for a couple hundred bucks worth of these, someone could probably shut down the entire system.
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Chicken little lives. Along with the Keystone Cops.
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Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 16220665)
So, for a couple hundred bucks worth of these, someone could probably shut down the entire system.
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Originally Posted by mules
(Post 16220638)
Never having encountered a bomb...
Don't they only beep in the movies and on tv? |
Originally Posted by mules
(Post 16220638)
Never having encountered a bomb...
Don't they only beep in the movies and on tv? I'm not sure if the wires are yellow, red and blue or green, blue and orange.:D |
:D:D:D
Originally Posted by Boggie Dog
(Post 16221131)
Well for a proper bomb I think it has to have a timer so when the hero disables it the display can show 1 second remaining.
I'm not sure if the wires are yellow, red and blue or green, blue and orange.:D |
Originally Posted by InkUnderNails
(Post 16220665)
So, for a couple hundred bucks worth of these, someone could probably shut down the entire system.
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