“Pipe Bomb” sticker causes airport chaos

by Jamie Rhein on

Here’s one more “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb” sticker story. This time, instead of closing down Ohio University which is what happened in 2006 when a bike with the sticker on it created a hoopla until the authorities found out that the bike was just a bike, the airport in Memphis, Tennessee became a clogged up mess.

Yesterday the bicycle with the sticker on it was found chained outside of Terminal C which set off a bomb scare. Terminal C and the passenger drop-off area around the bicycle was cleared until a K-9 dog confirmed that the bicycle was just a bicycle. Clearing the terminal and the passenger drop-off area created quite the scene as cars clogged the road and passengers got out of cars to try to hoof it to the airport to catch a flight. Some of the flights were delayed.

According to the news clip on the MY Fox Memphis Web site, the person who owned the bicycle was taken into custody for questioning and was released.

The response of the airport police was the same as the response of the Ohio University police when they found out that “This Bike is a Pipe Bomb” is the name of a Florida punk band and that the stickers on bicycles are not uncommon. Better safe than sorry.

[Photo: Jeff Moser / Bike Carson]

Yikes! That’s a scary thing to find in an airport. Click the images below to learn about some scary things found on planes —


Passenger makes bomb threat on Delta flight to LA

by Scott Carmichael on

I’m not sure whether it is something in the water, or just a general increase of insane people, but another fool has managed to get arrested after making a bomb threat on his Delta Airlines flight to LA airport.

The man got up out of his chair upon approach to LAX, and announced that he was carrying a bomb.

Several passengers on the flight then subdued the guy, and used plastic ties to keep him from creating more trouble. When the plane landed, the guy then attempted to leave the plane through an emergency exit.

The photo you see above was taken by a passenger on the flight, and was sent to the CNN iReporters site using his Blackberry, talk about a live action report!

Of course, the various federal agencies are now involved, and will be investigating the motives of the suspect, as well as checking the plane for any explosives.

It’s one thing to joke about a bomb, it’s a completely different ballgame when you actually stand up and make such a threat, and hopefully the fool behind this will be locked away for enough time to think long and hard about his actions, and how the passengers on his flight must have felt. Pretty soon the greatest threat to aviation won’t be terrorists, it’ll be insane people.