Police Search For Dry Ice Bomb Suspect After 3 More Devices Found At LAX

[CaseyJones]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/15/police-search-for-dry-ice-bomb-suspect-after-3-more-found-at-lax/


Detectives Tuesday continued their efforts to find the suspect wanted for planting dry ice bombs around Los Angeles International Airport.

One dry ice bomb exploded and two plastic bottles containing the dangerous material were found around 8:30 p.m. Monday at the Tom Bradley International Terminal in a restricted area, Los Angeles Police Department Det. Gus Villanueva said.

No one was injured, and no flights were delayed.

lol

[Uriel999]

It is ridiculous.

[Occam's Banana]

It is ridiculous.

It is also sublime ... *rimshot*

[Elias Graves]

Well, as long as the officers are ok...

[erowe1]

It's stupid all the way around. Whoever hid a bunch of dry ice bombs to go bang around an airport was obviously trying to push buttons and probably got what they wanted.

[dannno]

Can dry ice bombs injure people?

[JK/SEA]

Ban dry ice. Put it next to all the moth-balled pressure cookers over here>>>>>>>>>>>>>O<

[Mani]

So if you are in LA and walk out of a store with a bunch of dry ice and pressure cookers.....you probably wont make it to your car before you are tackled and hauled off in a black SUV.

[Brian4Liberty]

the dangerous material

Very dangerous. Causes global warming you know. Thank God there was no dihydrogen monoxide in those bottles too. It would have been a disaster!

[Todd]

I've thought this before, but one day someone's going to fire a shoulder Anti-Aircraft missile at a plane or find a way to blow one up that doesn't require getting their junk fondled, and it will highlight how worthless the TSA is and how stupid American's have been for 12 years for allowing themselves to be molested.

Although this incident at LAX is obscure don't take it lightly. Somebody somewhere is thinking about how to go about it.

[VBRonPaulFan]

Can dry ice bombs injure people?

yes, seriously if you are close enough, or unlucky enough to get hit with some kind of shrapnel.

http://www.fugly.com/videos/8356/dry_ice_bomb_hand_injury.html

[ZENemy]

Ban living.

[Occam's Banana]

[O]ne day someone's going to fire a shoulder Anti-Aircraft missile at a plane or find a way to blow one up that doesn't require getting their junk fondled, and it will highlight how worthless the TSA is and how stupid American's have been for 12 years for allowing themselves to be molested.

Not so. It will actually highlight how necessary & important it is for the TSA to extend & expand its purview far beyond airports (bus stations, etc.) in order to encompass an "anywhere, anytime" approach to securing & assuring our safety. For example, such an event as you describe will demonstrate just how critical it is for the TSA to begin making "house call screenings" at private residences & businesses (selected on the basis of their vulnerabilities, or the opportunities they afford to would-be wrong-doers) - as well as public areas of any kind (regardless of whether they have anything at all to do with "transportation" per se). These things will need to be done for the "greater good," of course.

The TSA can never, ever be shown to be "worthless" or any such thing. Why, the very idea is silly and ridiculous!
The only thing that can ever be shown is that the TSA needs more funding, power & authority ...

[jmdrake]

I've thought this before, but one day someone's going to fire a shoulder Anti-Aircraft missile at a plane or find a way to blow one up that doesn't require getting their junk fondled, and it will highlight how worthless the TSA is and how stupid American's have been for 12 years for allowing themselves to be molested.

Although this incident at LAX is obscure don't take it lightly. Somebody somewhere is thinking about how to go about it.

Or blow themselves up waiting in line....or start attacking a variety of "soft targets". Yeah....most of us here have figured that out which is why we don't buy the "trade liberty for security" argument. And it's also why I don't believe the official story of 9/11. These Al Qaeda terrorists are so sophisticated that they can pull of simultaneous hijackings and crash into buildings and yet so dumb that they can't pull of suicide bombings in the lines before you go through the scanners? Of course the "answer" from the government is...expand the TSA.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcpauw7uW0I


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDskKwlA8T0

[CaseyJones]

Police: Employee Set Dry Ice Blasts at LA Airport

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/10/15/Police--Employee-set-dry-ice-blasts-at-LA-airport


Police believe two dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport were triggered by a disgruntled employee and were not an act of terror.

Deputy Chief Michael Downing says the bombs made by putting dry ice in 20-ounce bottles could have caused serious injury to anyone in close proximity, though no one was hurt. Police are treating them as seriously as if they were pipe bombs.

Police have no specific suspect yet but believe the explosions were part of a labor dispute.

[Occam's Banana]

Police believe two dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport were triggered by a disgruntled employee and were not an act of terror.

So:
- Constitutionalist = might be a "terrorist"
- missing finger(s) = might be a "terrorist"
- supports Ron Paul = might be a "terrorist"
- flies Gadsden flag = might be a "terrorist"
... AND ...
- explodes bombs in public, but none of the above = NOT a "terrorist"

Got it.

[tangent4ronpaul]

And here comes the fear mongering and propaganda - right on schedule:


The Science of Dry Ice Bombs, Like LAX’s
Improvised explosives detonated at LAX rely on basic chemistry.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2013/10/131015-how-dry-ice-bombs-work/?google_editors_picks=true

Although dry ice—frozen carbon dioxide—is often used to ship food products and to dazzle high school chemistry students, it can also be the basis for improvised explosive devices. A number of people have been injured with dry ice bombs in recent years, and two such devices detonated at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) over the weekend.

On the evening of October 14, dry ice exploded at the Tom Bradley International Terminal in Los Angeles, according to airport police. The blast occurred in an employee restroom that was inaccessible to the general public. There were no injuries reported and flights were not delayed.

Authorities found three plastic bottles in the restroom that had been packed with dry ice; one of the bottles had exploded. Although the case has been referred to the FBI, Los Angeles police detective Gus Villanueva told the media that there is "no nexus to terrorism at this point."

The day before, another plastic bottle filled with dry ice had exploded at the same airport, also in an employee restroom. Terminal 2 was briefly shut down for an investigation though no one was hurt.

Inside a Dry Ice Bomb

It's not the first time that dry ice explosions have made headlines.

In 2011, a high school chemistry student in suburban Chicago lost his left eye after a plastic bottle containing dry ice and water reportedly exploded during a class demonstration.

Family of the Oak Lawn, Illinois, student sued the school, alleging that proper safety precautions, including the issuing of goggles, had not been taken.

Dry ice is very cold, −78.5°C (−109.3°F), and handling it can be tricky. A dry ice bomb can explode within seconds of being sealed.

According to the Oak Lawn suit, the teacher had allegedly sealed the bottle, then passed it around the class so that students could feel the growing pressure inside.

Mitch Andre Garcia, a chemist at UCLA, wrote on his blog that the actions of the teacher were: "Dumb. Dumb. Dumb."

Garcia, who has worked with pressurized dry ice, explained that the frozen carbon dioxide sublimes (or changes) to gaseous carbon dioxide at room temperature. That gas has a much greater volume than the original solid.

"If you put all this volume in a closed container, the pressure will build and build until the container fails and explodes," wrote Garcia. "You make a bomb as soon as you put dry ice in a closed container. The addition of water accelerates the sublimation, causing the pressure to build up faster."

Garcia added that he has demonstrated dry ice explosions at public events, but he follows a number of precautions. He seals a small amount of dry ice in a two-liter pop bottle and places it under a plastic mail crate to contain the explosion and catch any shrapnel. He has everyone stand back.

"It's really loud," he wrote. "Even with the mail crate atop, the explosion still throws the bottle/crate 5-10 feet in the air."

Garcia noted that making a dry ice bomb is actually illegal in many parts of the country, and can lead to imprisonment.


:eek: WTF???

Other Dry Ice Bombs

In May, an employee at Disneyland in southern California was arrested for allegedly putting a dry ice bomb in a trash can at the popular theme park.

"This is a simple device," John Goodpaster, an explosives expert at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, told the news media at the time. "It's not a pipe bomb filled with gunpowder, but it definitely will generate an explosion."

Goodpaster said the size of the explosion can vary based on the container's size and the amount of dry ice used.

-t

[Anti Federalist]

Saved me a bunch of typing.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Occam's Banana again.


Not so. It will actually highlight how necessary & important it is for the TSA to extend & expand its purview far beyond airports (bus stations, etc.) in order to encompass an "anywhere, anytime" approach to securing & assuring our safety. For example, such an event as you describe will demonstrate just how critical it is for the TSA to begin making "house call screenings" at private residences & businesses (selected on the basis of their vulnerabilities, or the opportunities they afford to would-be wrong-doers) - as well as public areas of any kind (regardless of whether they have anything at all to do with "transportation" per se). These things will need to be done for the "greater good," of course.

The TSA can never, ever be shown to be "worthless" or any such thing. Why, the very idea is silly and ridiculous!
The only thing that can ever be shown is that the TSA needs more funding, power & authority ...

[Mani]

Not so. It will actually highlight how necessary & important it is for the TSA to extend & expand its purview far beyond airports (bus stations, etc.) in order to encompass an "anywhere, anytime" approach to securing & assuring our safety. For example, such an event as you describe will demonstrate just how critical it is for the TSA to begin making "house call screenings" at private residences & businesses (selected on the basis of their vulnerabilities, or the opportunities they afford to would-be wrong-doers) - as well as public areas of any kind (regardless of whether they have anything at all to do with "transportation" per se). These things will need to be done for the "greater good," of course.

The TSA can never, ever be shown to be "worthless" or any such thing. Why, the very idea is silly and ridiculous!
The only thing that can ever be shown is that the TSA needs more funding, power & authority ...


Exactly. If you thought the TSA was ridiculous before......it would be a trip to disney compared to how it would be after this.

The masses would be screaming for protection.

Picking up a friend from the airport? Get ready to get searched every which way, probably take an hour just to drive into the pick up area because they strip search you plus your car and every car going in and out.

Everything you buy they will DEMAND become a govt right to know.

Every car will have mandatory lo jack tracking. I bet if you turn it off youd face a crime or serious penalty.

Fuck it. Mandatory Chip for all citizens except pigs and congress.

It would be 1984 on steroids.

[tangent4ronpaul]

Police: Arrest made in Los Angeles airport dry ice explosion
http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/travel/los-angeles-airport-dry-ice-arrest/

A suspect has been arrested in connection with dry ice explosions at Los Angeles International Airport this week, police said.

The arrest come on the heels of two incidents at that airport on Sunday and Monday. The suspect, identifed as Dicarlo Bennett, 28, was charged with the Sunday incident, according to a Los Angeles Police Department statement.

"Police can confirm the arrest of a single suspect related to the two dry-ice incidents at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)," Los Angeles Airport Police Chief Patrick Gannon said Tuesday night. .

LAX dry ice explosions 'an internal job, maybe a labor dispute or prank'

Though he was arrested in connection with both incidents, charges have been filed for only one.

"We want to reassure the traveling public, visitors and employees that LAX is safe and secure," Gannon said.

The suspect is being held on a $1 million bond and faces a charge of possession of a explosive or destructive device near an aircraft.

(I wonder if the MORON who made that law knows what an ejection seat is...???)

Police did not release any information on the suspect or a possible motive.

To get access to where the dry ice explosions occurred, you would need an employee badge, said Nancy Suey Castles, an airport spokeswoman.

On Sunday, dry ice in a plastic bottle exploded in an employee restroom at the airport, causing a brief shutdown of Terminal 2, the FBI said. No injuries were reported, and the terminal resumed operations after a brief evacuation.

The other incident occurred Monday at about 8:30 p.m. at the Tom Bradley International Terminal, airport police said,

Three plastic bottles containing dry ice were found, but only one had exploded, police said.

CNN affiliate KCAL said the blast took place in an employee restroom, inaccessible to nonemployees. Nobody was injured in that incident.

Dry ice, which is carbon dioxide in solid form, is used as a refrigerant for meats and ice cream, especially when shipped in a box. When dry ice becomes warm, it transforms into vapor.

Nancy Suey Castles says on the record: The area where this happened you need employee badge to access. Ground services company's and independent contractors are required to take off badges in the case of former employees. She will on respond to questions on the record that Bennett was employed or formerly employed by a ground services company at LAX.

-t

[tod evans]

I remember flying with a large styrofoam container packed full of seafood and dry ice...

Wonder if such behavior would warrant a million dollar bond today?