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papau Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-25-03 12:49 PM
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mechanical toy "break wind" dog triggers airport bomb alert
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_yorkshire/3213403.stm

Bomb alert over 'break-wind' dog
The mechanical toy dog sparked an airport security alert

A novelty toy dog which breaks wind sparked a major security alert at an American airport. Page designer Dave Rogerson's life-size mechanical terrier set off a security detector at Norfolk Airport in Virginia. Armed security staff were alerted when the toy's wind-breaking mechanism registered as a high explosive on sensitive monitoring equipment. Mr Rogerson, 31, from Thorner, Leeds, was questioned by FBI agents and looked on in amazement as they took a series of swabs from the mechanical toy's rear end.<snip>
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