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01-02-2006, 11:58 AM
XBox 360 Bomb scare
XBOX BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT
By ANGELINA CAPPIELLO
December 28, 2005 -- A passenger toting an Xbox 360 in a carry-on case sparked a terror alert at MacArthur Airport on Long Island yesterday, forcing a terminal to be evacuated. Officials say the Chicago-bound flier, worried that his game console might be swiped if he checked it, instead put it in a metal case that he carried through security checkpoints.
At 12:15 p.m., the container passed through an X-ray machine, and screeners thought it might have held a bomb.
"The package looked to be suspicious with wires running through it," said airport spokeswoman Michele Remsen.
Officials evacuated the west wing and called in the bomb squad.
Officers examined the case and deemed it harmless.
Airport worker Kimberley Edwards, 17, who'd been on the job for just three days, said the incident was "frightening."
"Of course I thought it was a terrorist threat,"she said.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/60446.htm
XBOX BOMB SCARE AT AIRPORT
By ANGELINA CAPPIELLO
December 28, 2005 -- A passenger toting an Xbox 360 in a carry-on case sparked a terror alert at MacArthur Airport on Long Island yesterday, forcing a terminal to be evacuated. Officials say the Chicago-bound flier, worried that his game console might be swiped if he checked it, instead put it in a metal case that he carried through security checkpoints.
At 12:15 p.m., the container passed through an X-ray machine, and screeners thought it might have held a bomb.
"The package looked to be suspicious with wires running through it," said airport spokeswoman Michele Remsen.
Officials evacuated the west wing and called in the bomb squad.
Officers examined the case and deemed it harmless.
Airport worker Kimberley Edwards, 17, who'd been on the job for just three days, said the incident was "frightening."
"Of course I thought it was a terrorist threat,"she said.
http://www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/60446.htm