( Miami International Airport) Concourse F Evacuated

[Ian David]

Source: CBS 4 Miami

MIA Concourse F Evacuated

(CBS4) MIAMI Thousands of people have been evacuated from Concourse F at Miami International airports after a possible explosive device was reported to have been discovered byt airport screeners. People are standing in the roadway outside the terminal while the situation is investigated.

Details are sketchy, but traffic to and from the airport apparently has not been halted, as passengers are allowed to go to and from other concourses. From Chopper 4, police could be seen directing buses and vehicle traffic away from the roadways immediately in front of the concourse.

Airlines with service at Concourse F include Aeropostal, Air France, Avianca, Sun Country, Swiss International, Mexicana, and United.

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There was no immediate word on what affect the shutdown would have on the flights leaving from and arriving at that concourse.

Read more: http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_197065041.html

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Hmm... now THAT looks suspicious...

[liberal N proud]

1. Did someone sneeze - evacuate!

The paranoia is just damn ridiculous.

[cboy4]

2. ...

terra terra!!!

[Ian David]

3. Hopefully,we'll see more underpants blown-up on the runway. n/t

[deminks]

4. MSNBC now saying the 'situation' is over

people on video going back into terminal.

Just your morning little gut feeling jolt

[ixion]

5. before this (mal)admin, airport concourses were rarely evacuated....

now it's almost a daily occurrence...if not weekly. Welcome to the new 'Murika.

[ticapnews]

6. The "explosive device" was

Michael Chertoff's gut.

But he's feeling much better now.

[AlCzervik]

7. oh boy i'm leaving for vacation Wednesday morning, remind me to get to the

airport at least 3 hours before my flight.

[Bragi]

13. Why arrive early to wait?

You say you plan to leave for vacation Wednesday morning, and feel now that it might be good to arrive the full 3 hours early for the flight, largely because of security considerations.

This seems like a sensible thing to do, if you take as a whole all the changes to routine travel experience that have been engineered into the flight experience post 9-11. The idea of arriving early as a contingency, in case of delay, seems well founded. At first glance.

Except wait a minute. When there are delays -- say, for example, if someone decides to fly the ashes of a deceased loved one, friend, relative for internment somewhere, and security hasn't a clue how to handle this not-surprising event, which freezes the system for 90 minutes -- when this routine kind of thing happens, it turns out that anyone who arrived 3 hours early for the flight leaves at exactly the same time as the traveller who arrived much later.

So there you go. Guess which of the above passenger the security mavens and the airlines prefer? The early arriver, of course. And what are the benefits of being in the early group, compared to cutting your travel time by arriving just in time?

Hmmm. Not sure about the benefits. Maybe someone can help out. I think I'd rather arrive just in time rather than be there well ahead of time.

- B

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

15. Right.

Except for the situation I was in about two weeks ago, where terminal three at Heathrow was evacuated exactly thirty seconds after I boarded my flight, leaving all those who had not yet boarded the plane to find other means of transport to Los Angeles.

[redwitch]

8. Thank goodness!

I thought there was another terrorist toddler! And you know what that means: "Bye bye plane"!

[cboy4]

10. I love subtle humor!!

[Eugene]

9. Urn of human ashes leads to Miami airport evacuation

Source: Reuters

Urn of human ashes leads to Miami airport evacuation
Mon Jul 16, 2007 11:22AM EDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - A concourse at Miami International
Airport was briefly evacuated on Monday after a luggage
screener mistook an urn of human ashes and other
suspicious items for a possible bomb, officials said.

Around 2,000 people were ordered out of the airport's
concourse F, but allowed back in when the all-clear was
given after an hour and a half, said an airport spokesman.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSN163172...

[slackmaster]

11. Why is everything a fucking travesty with airport security?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8rEDG-JvbQ

[Phrogman]

16. Because thats the public area they decided on for your indoctrination ....

into the new world of sensibility destroying idiocy.

[AndyTiedye]

12. Did The Bomb Squad BLOW UP The Dear Departed's Remains?

[Ian David]

14. Maybe the deceased inside the urn was on the No Fly List?

"Very clever, Mr. Mohmaed... you thought you could sneak on-board the flight if you were cremated into a fine, powdery ash. Well, I guess the shoe's on the other hand now, isn't it?"