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Handheld console causes airport evacuation

Posted Jul 27, 2007 at 7:18AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PSP, Nintendo DS Tags: Airport, California
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Handheld console causes airport evacuation - Image 1 A handheld console device became the reason for an evacuation at one of the terminals in Long Beach Airport in California last Thursday.

What happened was while one passenger was passing through the X-ray machine at around 9:30 a.m., the Transportation Security Administration screeners spotted a "suspicious item".

After the hullabaloo has been cleared, it turned out that the said item looked suspicious under the X-ray because it was in raw form, meaning its wiring and inner circuits are showing.

The police and the bomb squad, alongside firefighters were called to the airport. Furthermore, this caused a big delay among the passengers that day. Aside from the several hundred people that were evacuated from the terminal for about one and a half hour, five arriving aircraft were held as well on the tarmac until the all-clear was given.

The agency's spokesperson said that the handheld device belongs to someone who work for "some sort of game or toy company". If you really want to know, the owner wasn't named and the handheld device in question wasn't specified.

Via Chron



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# ...Guest 2007-07-27 08:29
lol

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# Old.Guest 2007-07-27 08:31
Been on the news for like... two days.

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# .Guest 2007-07-27 08:35
Idiots.

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# ????Guest 2007-07-27 08:57
Let me guess may be its the new PSP slim,Xbox Pocket, or DS Wide Screen Ver. :o

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# LOL!!!!Guest 2007-07-27 09:24
LOL!!!!!!!!

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# sfgfgfGuest 2007-07-27 09:31
It can't be I go in + out fo the country w/ mypsp

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# ben hacksGuest 2007-07-27 09:41
bet it was one of ben hacks custom console like the 360 laptop

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# eh?Guest 2007-07-27 09:42
How's this psp news?

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# lolGuest 2007-07-27 09:43
i bet they're gonna blame the muslims for that too!

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# deviceGuest 2007-07-27 10:15
Any idea exactly what device it was?

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# The fools...Guest 2007-07-27 10:35
"The terrorists" goal is to change the way of life for the people they hate, to make us live in fear.

Every time these things happen and cause people to become paranoid, it's a victory for the terrorists.

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# aGuest 2007-07-27 10:36
LOL, retards. As if one of those 'toys' hasn't been passed through the airport x-ray machine already anyway. I bet the 'guard' responsible for the evacuation/alert got one hell of a bollocking.

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# lolGuest 2007-07-27 11:20
How come I know what device it is than the QJ writer himself? Its Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ameboy! /sigh

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# wotGuest 2007-07-27 11:52
LMAO!!! LOL SCARDy cats :P hahaha

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# need a break?Guest 2007-07-27 12:07
Call in a fake Bomb. Ooh a toy. it look suspicius. OMG its a Bomb! lets call the Bomb Squad. Ha ha at last a one and half hour break. OMG its on the News . Got to Run. the Real story. maybe IDK.

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# are some of you reading?Goobers 2007-07-27 12:39
"because it was in raw form, "



that would indicate that the problem isn't just having the "toy"... it's having the parts exposed. either they replaced the faceplate/casing with a mod (that is less dense than the original). or maybe the person was in the middle of modding it when they were in the middle of packing for the flight, not giving them time to put parts back completely.



maybe they're actually someone in the industry trying to figure out ways of improving the device in question.



or, they're a total idiot trying to get a bomb scare.



you never know.

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# ghGuest 2007-07-27 13:13
*****ssssssssss sss!

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# blue dayGuest 2007-07-27 13:15
"The terrorists" goal is to change the way of gaming for the gamers they hate, to make us play in fear.

Every time these things happen and cause people to pick up a paranoid-up, it´s a victory for the terrorist endboss.

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# HMMM suspiciousGuest 2007-07-27 13:27
WHERE's Osama Bin Laden'......................he is the one who killed a few thousand americans



so why They go After Sadam' cause of some weapon test back in the early nineties..........George Wants To Finish tha fight for his dad'..........my dad told me it was cause SaddaM HAD AN ASSASINATION ATTEMPT ON oLD gEORGE



Just an excuse to send an army to please his dad'



i bet he wouldnt be for it' if he where on the front line

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# lawlzGuest 2007-07-27 15:01
@ american idiot: lawlz!

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# ur gayGuest 2007-07-27 16:37
ur gay

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# QJ you got the newz wrongGuest 2007-07-27 17:28
It wasn't actually a portable gaming system, it was actually a modded n93 (a friend of mine was there when it happenned and he saw when the guy, who my friend describe of nerdy appearance, took the cellpphone out of his pocket and showed it to inspectors when the x ray detected something suspicious.

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# impossibleGuest 2007-07-27 17:30
when im going out of the country i always bring my psp or any handheld devices eg cellphone its impossible~!

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# 1Guest 2007-07-27 18:04
glad to know that they have these precautions

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# ummmmmmm...Guest 2007-07-27 19:52
What does this have to do with anything?

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# teroristGuest 2007-07-27 20:29
i heard that saddam only made WMDs because george bush snr called saddam's dad a ***** head

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# hmmnGuest 2007-07-27 21:13
all these years of research on genetics and they still cannot remove the stupidity genes among humans sigh!

if he just checked whats in the bag, there would have been no commotion of anysort. so scared he shouldnt be having that kind of job.

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# LolGuest 2007-07-27 23:16
Unlucky

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# Haha!Pwner1 2007-07-27 23:49
Silly americans.

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# terrosimGuest 2007-07-28 02:24
u c how we hav 2 live with terroists around!

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# PSP?Guest 2007-07-28 08:28
may be its psp cuz thats the up coming new handheld is psp

is that true the post over there theres a new upcoming ds thats nice and xbox

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# Nice!Guest 2007-07-28 09:07
Well, I for sure feel glad and safe that they do took this kind of precautions, if this thing COULD have actually been a bomb, ALL OF YOU WOULD have a different reaction to this story and of course, that would also have a new impact on hand held devices on a plane.

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# Reminds meGuest 2007-07-28 14:00
A friend of mine had his whole flight delayed because of his emergency shots in case he had an allergic reaction.

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