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Laptop With Explosives Sparks Munich Airport Scare; Suspect at Large
2010-01-20
A terminal at the Munich airport was closed and passengers were evacuated Wednesday after a security breach in which a laptop tested positive for explosives and its owner fled, AFP reported.

Authorities seized the computer, but the suspect is still at large. He made it through security at the German airport around 3:30 p.m. local time, AFP quoted officials.
Brilliant, Hans, simply brilliant.
There were no immediate reports of injuries, airport spokesman Robert Wilhelm told Bloomberg. The terminal that was evacuated is used for flights to European Union countries for which travelers do not need to show their passports.
Or perhaps the authorities did not seize the laptop, in a later iteration of the same story:
An airport security instrument alerted officials to possible explosives as the man's laptop was being checked, police said. He then hastily left the scene carrying the computer into the terminal.

Officials wanted to check the computer again, but the man left. "We believe that the man didn't realize there was more to come," Poerschke said.
Posted by:tipper

#12  Dummy run(Test)?
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-20 21:12  

#11  Also I don't get the point that they would GIVE BACK the laptop in question. Something just doesn't sound right with this story but I don't know yet what it is.
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 19:20  

#10  I said: Once you are at the security checkpoint you CAN'T leave the terminal. At least it's quite complicated.
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 19:18  

#9  hey who ate my message..lol
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 19:16  

#8  uh oh...looks like they got EC!
Posted by: Frank G   2010-01-20 19:15  

#7  Once you are at the securit
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 19:06  

#6  I know Munich airport very well and I simply don't see how you could FLEE and make it onto a plane.

Ummm It said he fled, NOT He fled onto a plane, , probably beat feet out of the terminal and away.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2010-01-20 18:45  

#5  Actually up to now they had very stringent security measures, so that story really has me thinking.

Munich is a great hub actually
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 18:40  

#4  "I know Munich airport very well"

My deepest sympathy, EC.
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2010-01-20 18:26  

#3  Strange story.
I know Munich airport very well and I simply don't see how you could FLEE and make it onto a plane.
Posted by: European Conservative   2010-01-20 18:19  

#2  Well - let's go to the video and check the instant replay. Shouldn't be to hard, it's not Newark.
Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division   2010-01-20 14:58  

#1  Feet don't fail me now!
Posted by: gromky   2010-01-20 13:42  

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