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http://news.myway.com/top/article/id/425368|top|09-04-2004::13:28|reuters.html
Exerpt:
"Officials evacuated five terminals after the apparent breach on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, said spokesman Harold Johnson. Officials said reports of a "loud sound" could have come from an exploding flashlight.
Few details were immediately available about the incident, but Los Angeles radio station KFWB reported that a flashlight battery had exploded, injuring three people. City fire officials were treating the incident as a chemical hazard.
"No traffic is departing the airport at this time and arrivals are being held on the ground and passengers are not being deplaned," said Paul Turk, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Washington"
Anyone wanna venture which brand of flashlight, and what are the odds it wasn't a Lithium battery?
Exerpt:
"Officials evacuated five terminals after the apparent breach on Labor Day weekend, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year, said spokesman Harold Johnson. Officials said reports of a "loud sound" could have come from an exploding flashlight.
Few details were immediately available about the incident, but Los Angeles radio station KFWB reported that a flashlight battery had exploded, injuring three people. City fire officials were treating the incident as a chemical hazard.
"No traffic is departing the airport at this time and arrivals are being held on the ground and passengers are not being deplaned," said Paul Turk, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman in Washington"
Anyone wanna venture which brand of flashlight, and what are the odds it wasn't a Lithium battery?
