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Mango scare at Columbus airport

by Tom Johansmeyer (RSS feed) on Jun 25th 2009 at 10:00AM

The bomb squad at the Columbus, Ohio airport simply was not trained for the task. It's not their fault: after all, few pickled mangoes have actually exploded. Nonetheless, there's bound to be some sort of inquiry about the produce risk in today's airports.

When x-ray equipment detected something suspicious, the bomb squad was summoned. The concern arose from the fact that an item was sealed in a canister labeled "baby food." This, in itself, wouldn't have been a problem, but the women's description of the contents didn't match the label.

The bomb squad actually did detonate the item, which is when they discovered the non-volatile contents.

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jamie Rhein Jun 25th 2009 12:19PM

How did I miss this one?!

Ciara Knepper Jun 26th 2009 8:56AM

I would say many cops are actually the ones who did the ass kicking and now they think they have some real power to lord it over everybody.

Frank Jun 26th 2009 6:43AM

ROFL....cops take themselves so seriously that it's hilarious when they go over the top and make fools of themselves. Most cops are the guys who got their ass kicked at school every day and now have a gun and a badge. LMAO

NIKOLE Jun 26th 2009 6:55AM

This is pretty funny. I hope they bought her some new mango! :)

Frank Jun 26th 2009 6:46AM

Cops take themselves so seriously that it's hilarious when they make fools of themselves. Most cops are the guys who got their asses kicked at school every day and now they have a gun and a badge...ROFL

FOURDOGSLAUGHING Jun 26th 2009 7:36AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! NOW THATS FUNNY !

dave Jun 26th 2009 8:09AM

i'm picturing bomb squad member 1 saying to BSM 2 "hey man, its just some FN fruit. I'm FN bored lets blow this $$$$$HHHT up".

PS frank, their bomb squad. you would have had to clean your pants. lol

dave Jun 26th 2009 8:14AM

frank, thier not your average cop. they are bomb squad. it is funny. but i think these deserve a little more respect from all of us. capiche? ;-)

dick Jun 26th 2009 9:21AM

For you morons......if they had not blown it up and it turned out to be a bomb, and subsequently killed a bunch of people, what whould you have criticized then. It is better to err on the side of safety. Leave the cops alone and go drink your koolaid with O'bummer.

tina Jun 26th 2009 10:04AM

and if turned out to be a real bomb and they did nothing about it, all of you morons would be criticizing them the other way. whatever.

Bill Jun 26th 2009 10:58AM

I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. What if it hadn't been baby food? OMG - we do have short memories. The article says, "... the women's description of the contents didn't match the label." What did she say was in the sealed canister? I'm confused - doesn't baby food still come in jars? Why was it labled, "baby food" and not labled "pickled mangoes"? (yuck).

thundercat1945 Jun 26th 2009 11:16AM

Idiots!

rey Dec 12th 2009 11:12PM

Everyone knows...that is...intelligent people, that it's always better to be safe than sorry! You people that always have to put down a rescue squad, whether it be policemen, firefighters, bomb squad, if you were injured and no rescue came to you, you would be the first to cry out..."where were the police, the firefighters, and/or bomb squad when I needed them? Now think about it! You know you would! You know you would...you know you would,,,you know you would!

valoriepandak Jun 26th 2009 3:55PM

Dont anyone ever forget, september 11, 2001 .

YOu rag on police all you want. BUt when you finally need them and you call 9-11 guess whos there before family and friends.

Until you really need the law for a rape a burglery and or murder shut up you uneducated jerks.

Remeber those that have voted in local and for presidents, senators and mayors you voted to make those people your voice , Who did you vote for ?? I vote every election. Hvae you ever been to a town hall or city hall meeting. Have you ever been to a water meeting?

Next time you see the police ask them what their scariest crime scenes are. Ask how many kids are abused and the conditions those babies was lliven in. ASk how many people they have found dead .
If you cant say nothing noce about people dont say it. Look in the mirror and you will see a person that has stupid written on their face.

Sid Jun 26th 2009 1:38PM

Hey Moron, When you are dependent on equipment (x-ray) to analyze a package and the results are comparable to that of explosives, I am pretty sure that if you were on that flight you would want the bomb squad to know exactly what is inside!!
You are welcome for keeping you safe!

Tim Jun 26th 2009 3:14PM

For all you people calling others morons take it from someone inside the industry, the people running those x-ray machines are morons. before 9/11 they were minimum wage security guards. Now they are higher paid government security gaurds, still the same GED losers. So yeah they probably can't tell mangoes from explosives.