The St. Louis Post Dispatch reported on the widely spread story of the man who told Jacksonville International Airport security that he had a bomb in his backpack. He was immediately arrested, and security only found a luggage scale and a remote control device referred to as the detonator. The airport was evacuated and flights were stopped before reaching the gates. The man, Zeljko Causevic, 39, was booked on making a false report about a bomb. The airport was shut down for five hours.
Police block the road to Jacksonville International Airport due to a bomb scare. 10/1/2013 Photo credit: The Florida Times-Union, Bruce Lipsky
Arlie Gentry was on a Southwest flight arriving from New York via Baltimore just before 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
“We moved from one spot on the runway to another spot,” said Gentry, who was reached on his cellphone while still on the plane. “They told us we couldn’t get off the plane.”
Gentry said the pilots initially told passengers they didn’t know what was going on.
Bomb scares in airports are taken very seriously in America, especially since 9/11. It is interesting that even after something as traumatic as 9/11, people are still bold enough to make false claims about bringing bombs on planes or through security. Almost a year ago at LaGuardia (LGA) two pipe bombs were found in a passenger’s carry-on, according to the New York Post. However, security failed to alert police until six hours later after the pipe bombs had been sitting out in the open. There are constantly risks everywhere when it comes to flying, even years later.
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