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Puerto Rico: false bomb alarm at the San Juan International Airport

San Juan, Puerto Rico - Three thousand persons forced to evacuate from the air station but the supposed bomb detected by a scanner was actually a computer

Panic moments occurred at San juan International Airport (Puerto Rico) on last Thursday. One among the scanners would have detected something suspicious within the baggage, so providing immediately a warning signal for the supposed existance of explosive material. Some 3000 persons would have so been involved by a massive evacuation operation performed by the airport security service, whereas the artificers...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 105011
Rome, Italy, 10/11/2004 16:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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