Guest Nova Zemlya Posted May 24, 2003 Share Posted May 24, 2003 JUST ONE OF THE PECULIAR PROBLEMS FACED BY A REGIONAL AIRLINE Luggage check finds bomb Bellingham man also had knifelike device in bag By PAUL SHUKOVSKY SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Local police and the FBI arrested a commercial fisherman yesterday and charged him with trying to board an airliner in Bellingham with explosives in his luggage. Ricky Reed was on his way to Alaska to go fishing when an official at the security checkpoint asked him whether he had any weapons. Reed produced two pocket knives. When the official told Reed he could not board the aircraft with the knives, Reed asked if they were afraid he was going to "try and hijack the airplane," according to court documents. That remark prompted a search of Reed's carry-on briefcase. It revealed a knife-sharpening device resembling a 7-inch-long ice pick. Airport officials then pulled Reed's checked luggage from the Horizon Airlines aircraft and discovered a "seal bomb" inside his shaving kit. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/123516_sealbomb24.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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