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Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: Tac on April 17, 2002, 02:39:59 PM
Dubai - MONITORING the X-ray machine while scanning passengers' baggage is a routine job for police personnel at Dubai Airport. However on Thursday what appeared on the screen was not the usual baggage; policemen on duty were horrified when the screen projected a human skeleton and skull. They immediately shut down the machine and rushed to find out what was wrong. What they saw was beyond their imagination - a man stuck inside the machine amid a row of suitcases.
According to airport sources, personnel on duty in the departures lounge took the man out of the machine and rushed him to the airport clinic where he was thoroughly examined for any adverse effect of the incident. After it was ascertained that the man had not been harmed by the machine, police started investigating the matter and interrogated the Somali national, identified as Artine. W., who was transiting Dubai on his way to Qatar. The man claimed that he had entered the machine thinking that all passengers had to go through a security check with their luggage before boarding the plane. He said that he did not know that the X-ray machine was only for the baggage, nor did he know that he had to pass through a security gate after putting his luggage on the X-ray machine's belt. The airport source said that the policeman on duty at the security gate was busy with another passenger and did not notice the Somali passenger lying on the X-ray belt.
Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: Ripsnort on April 17, 2002, 02:43:07 PM
Tac, alittle off the topic, but...will my hard drive get erased going thru the baggage x-ray machines at the airport?
Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: Eagler on April 17, 2002, 02:53:32 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
Tac, alittle off the topic, but...will my hard drive get erased going thru the baggage x-ray machines at the airport?


My laptop never did

As for the original story, I say run anyone of Arab decent through it just like a suitcase - just in case :)

Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: midnight Target on April 17, 2002, 03:12:41 PM
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Originally posted by Eagler


My laptop never did

As for the original story, I say run anyone of Arab decent through it just like a suitcase - just in case :)

 


Now THATS profiling!!:eek:
Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: Ripsnort on April 17, 2002, 03:26:21 PM
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Originally posted by midnight Target


Now THATS profiling!!:eek:


Profiling=Survival.
Survival=Another day, another dolla!
;)
Title: They also need more airport screeners MWAHAH
Post by: Ozark on April 17, 2002, 06:31:00 PM
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Originally posted by Ripsnort
will my hard drive get erased going thru the baggage x-ray machines at the airport?


No, it's nothing to worry about.