Ft. Wayne closure....anyone got the scoop

[rumpletumbler]

on this? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129282,00.html

 

[minitour]

on this? http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,129282,00.html

is there a reson we're putting bags on planes without the accompanying passenger?

-mini

 

[DorkProp]

Happens all the time...

Sometimes bags get left behind due to weight restrictions and go on a later flight.

 

[groundpointsix]

is there a reson we're putting bags on planes without the accompanying passenger?

-mini

I believe they got rid of the requirement to match bags to passengers after every airport started screening checked baggage

 

[I.P. Freley]

Pax and Bags

As I understand it, that's not quite the case.

If the airline forces a passenger to leave their bag behind, or if a passenger is forced off a flight against their will, the bag can be transported on a flight where the passenger is not actually on board. I guess the idea is if the passenger has shown an interest in traveling with their bag, they assume they were willing to blow themselves up with whatever they had in the bag that made it through bag screening.

If you VOLUNTEER to get off a flight, as in "We're overbooked, and anyone who gives up their seat will be given a free round-trip ticket", then your bag has to come off.

If their bag gets lost, bumped off for weight restrictions, or whatever, they can send it on the next flight.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Current update on the radio sez that it wasn't a powder, at all. It was a liquid substance, believed to be glycerine... Found in a passenger's luggage, making "several" people sick.

The bag was apparently owned by a doctor who had missed the flight, but somehow his bag made it. It originated in London, then went through Chicago, and now to FWA.

A quick web search leaves me scratching my head, since glycerine doesn't appear to have any serious effects in casual contact that would make "several people sick". Unless you pour it in your eye or something, that is. But as I said, it was a casual search.

 

[rumpletumbler]

maybe they drank it

 

[dispatchguy]

Dispatchguy here - my friend Phil emailed me this, and I thought it would post it here. WLS AM Radio in Chicago is now reporting that the FBI has gotten in contact with the passenger and is interviewing him...

Six people undergoing decontamination


Associated Press
August 18, 2004


FORT WAYNE, Ind. -- A substance spilled from a bag being unloaded today at the Fort Wayne International Airport, causing at least one worker to report feeling ill and prompting authorities to close the airport.

Six people were undergoing decontamination at the airport, Fort Wayne television station WPTA reported. It was not immediately clear whether any passengers were among those decontaminated.

The substance was not immediately identified, said FBI special agent Wendy Osborne, a spokeswoman for the agency's Indianapolis office.

Tory Richardson, the airport's executive director, said tests were continuing.

"Some field analysis has been conducted on the substance, but the initial test was inconclusive," Richardson said.

The substance spilled as the bag was being unloaded about 2 a.m. from an American Eagle flight from Chicago, airport spokeswoman Sandra Lux said. The bag belonged to a doctor from Lebanon who was not on the flight, she said.

Richardson said the doctor apparently flew into the country on Tuesday and that authorities were attempting to contact him.

Osborne said FBI investigators knew who owned the bag containing the substance, but would not confirm that it belonged to a Lebanese doctor.

"I can't talk about that yet," she said.

One airport worker became ill after coming in contact with the substance and two others complained of severe itching, Lux told the television station.

The airport terminal was shut down and all flights were delayed after incident, Lux said.

 

[TonyC]

One airport worker became ill after coming in contact with the substance and two others complained of severe itching, Lux told the television station.

I get tickled by these types of statements, as if they mean anything useful. The substance could have been Prell, and there would at least one sick worker and 2 others that experienced some kind of symptoms (itching, dizziness, nausea, rash). The opportunity to get some paid time off, or a trip to the company doctor, or to talk to the media seems to overwhelm even the best of employees.


We've seen fireman handling talcum powder experience symptoms of anthax exposure, etc. The mind is a powerful thing...




(For those who don't know, Prell is the gentlest shampoo known to man... )

 

[jacko123]

The opportunity to get some paid time off, or a trip to the company doctor, or to talk to the media seems to overwhelm even the best of employees.

Easy Tony C, I assure you this was not the case. These people were supposed to get off work at 11pm ish, the flight from ORD was running late, and I'm sure all these people wanted to do is go home. Instead they were stuck dealing with this crap all night.

 

[TonyC]

Easy Tony C, I assure you this was not the case. These people were supposed to get off work at 11pm ish, the flight from ORD was running late, and I'm sure all these people wanted to do is go home. Instead they were stuck dealing with this crap all night.

OK, OK. I'm not accusing. I'm just skeptical of these types of statements in the media.

I hope they're OK.

 

[minitour]

...(For those who don't know, Prell is the gentlest shampoo known to man... )

...boy am I glad I read your WHOLE post before asking what Prell was...
..thanks for lettin me know...now I don't look like an idiot...oh wait...nevermind

-mini

 

[FN FAL]

...boy am I glad I read your WHOLE post before asking what Prell was...
..thanks for lettin me know...now I don't look like an idiot...oh wait...nevermind

-mini

Personal hygene, it's not just for chicks ya know!

 

[efiscompmon]

I think a better observation is that home slice can travel from Beirut just fine--but have your bags tossed by a regional airline's rampies and be prepared to have your sh!t broken. In five years as a regional pilot, the worst damage my bag has seen has been from online deadheads. Asia, Australia and even Egypt, no problem. PIT to Fort Fun and I'm on the phone with Purdy buying parts.

Pay Peanuts, Get Monkeys!

 

[rumpletumbler]

Go back and read it now. Its changed to "It was perfume" and someone vomited when they touched it....hahaha

 

[TonyC]

Go back and read it now. Its changed to "It was perfume" and someone vomited when they touched it....hahaha

ROFL

A liquid used to make perfume spilled from an unclaimed bag Wednesday inside the Fort Wayne International Airport, causing at least one worker to report feeling ill and prompting authorities to halt passenger service for hours.
Tests determined that the liquid was likely concentrated rose water, a mixture containing oil from rose petals, FBI agent Dan Nielsen said.

The terminal reopened Wednesday afternoon after having been closed nearly 10 hours. At least 40 flights were delayed.

Six people — four airport workers and two emergency responders — were decontaminated after the liquid was first noticed leaking from an unclaimed bag about an hour after the 1:50 a.m. arrival of an American Eagle flight from Chicago, airport officials said.

American Airlines spokeswoman Lisa Bailey said the workers noticed an odd odor after taking the bag to a secure area. They opened the bag and found a broken bottle.

"When the agent came in contact with the substance, the agent became violently ill, began vomiting," Bailey said.

The six people were treated at a hospital and released, and tests found no air contamination in the airport terminal, said Tory Richardson, the airport's executive director.

Rose water... Prell... looks like I wasn't far off.






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[Pilot124]

What a joke!!!!

If you have seen some of the things I have seen working at an airport, all the airports would all shut down. Perfume, laundry soap, shampoo, deodarant, hand lotion. The fine folks in Ft. Wayne are doing a fine job. 6 workers went to go get contaminated????
What the......#$%@

 

[efiscompmon]

Remember, this is Fort Fun, where the public safety "officers" are all quad-trained as police/firemen/emt/chili cooks....

...plus, decontam means a ride into town and a chance to meet chicks at the hospital.

 

[I.P. Freley]

Actually, this is one of the, uhhh, three cities in the state that is large enough to actually have people specifically trained (post-9/11) for possible terrorist activites.

And nurses are hot, no doubt about it.

 

[Pilot124]

...plus, decontam means a ride into town and a chance to meet chicks at the hospital.[/QUOTE]




This is true....Hot nurses... That's why I am a pilot, we all think alike. Ummm. Nurses