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Airport evacuated due to Game Boy

xsynergyx | July 27, 2007 | News | Misc 
Long Beach Airport in California was evacuated for 90 minutes after the screeners spotted a suspicious item in the bag. Hundreds of people had to leave the airport with police blocking off the road, allowing firefighters and a bomb squad to investigate. Turns out it was a harmless Game Boy. A spokeswoman said it looks liked a explosive device. It was had all the wires and components that you would find in a bomb of some sort.
The main terminal of the Long Beach Airport in California was evacuated for about 90 minutes today after screeners spotted a suspicious item in a checked bag.
Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate and police blocked off roads due to what was considered a possible threat. Firefighters and the bomb squad were called in to determine if the threat was legitimate. All outbound flights were put on hold as well.

The suspicious item was then revealed to only be a Game Boy.

A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration said, “It certainly was nothing but it certainly looked like something. It had all the wires and components that you would see in an explosive device.”

Better safe than sorry...
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  • 2 thumbs!
    volacide | July 27, 2007
    Haha *bleep*ing awesome. Was it really one of the old school gameboys? I should have kept mine just because it was so big and cool.

    I always bring my PSP and iPod on the plane with me though.
  • 0 thumbs!
    Storm | July 27, 2007
    Haha, classic! They should put this in a commercial...that'll get some 'badasses' to get a Gameboy, maybe
    • 0 thumbs!
      xsynergyx | July 27, 2007
      Yeah, but then people all over will be bringing Game Boys to the airport to pull massive pranks that will delay flights.
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    dmf_dynasty | July 27, 2007
    Now people will gut out old game boys and stick bombs inside to fool the TSA. Wonderful.
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    Tom | July 27, 2007
    Oh dear, shame on the person who got a Gameboy confused with a bomb, and I feel sorry for the guys who got evacuated over nothing. Still a classic though.
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    chubbie huicho | July 28, 2007
    WOw thats just funny and yet weird a game boy =0
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    Seeker X | July 28, 2007
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    I always bring my PSP and iPod on the plane with me though.
    The PSP is a damn life saver on long trips and plane rides...at least for me it is.
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    tidus04 | July 29, 2007
    Oh dear, oh dear. Just how stupid are these people but then I guess someone could have put a bomb device in the consoles so you never know. Better to be save then sorry.
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    Final Blade | July 30, 2007
    Wow this article could give people some bad ideas.

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