Tue, Sep 19, 2006
Suspicious X-Ray Image Couldn't Be Matched To Owner
The airport at Vancouver, British
Columbia was closed down for more than 90 minutes on Sunday when a
suspicious image on the security X-ray screen couldn't be matched
with the carry-on bags that had already been screened.
An image on the screen led a security official "to believe it
could have been prohibited," said Renee Fairweather, a spokeswoman
for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority, the Toronto
Globe & Mail reported.
News1130 Radio reported that a screener saw what
appeared to be an electronic device with wires hanging off it
inside a bag. When the screener went to talk to the owner of
the bag, both the bag and the owner were gone,
About 4,000 passengers were in the departure area when the
decision was made to shut the airport down. Passengers already on
planes that had not yet departed were forced to deplane and go
through security all over again.
Many complained about the badly handled situation. The Globe
reported that after passengers endured a second security screening,
they were told to leave the secure area and go collect their
baggage because their flights were cancelled. Others, perhaps more
lucky, went through the security screening for a third time, but
were then allowed to board their planes and leave.
Many passengers were angry not because of the delays, but the
lack of communication. A spokeswoman for the airport said that
because of the "sheer volume" of passengers at the Vancouver
airport, the temporary closure and passenger inconvenience could
not be avoided.
News1130 reported that Vancouver Airport has had three major
security breaches in the past 15 months.
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