Suspicious bag prompts evacuation at PDX

[Viva_La_Revolution]

We got this alert at 12:44pm...

PORTLAND, Ore. - A portion of the Portland International Airport has been evacuated due to a suspicious bag in a TSA screening machine.

According to Steve Johnson, Public Information Officer for the airport, the north ticket lobby, which contains counters for Delta, Hawaiian, America West and Continental, has been evacuated, along with the baggage claim area below it.

Johnson says the airport is otherwise operating as normal, although both the upper and lower roads have been closed.

A special unit has been called in to examine the package.
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=83912

UPDATE at 1:20

Update: Situation at PDX under control, slight delay for some passengers

By KATU.com Web Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. - A suspicious bag at the Portland International Airport is causing a delay for some passengers, who are being shuffled to alternate ticket counters.

The north ticket lobby, which contains counters for Delta, Hawaiian, America West and Continental, had earlier been evacuated after the suspicious bag was discovered. The baggage claim area below had been cleared as well.

A special unit was called in to examine the bag. Its contents are still unknown.

As for passengers, as of around 1 p.m. they were being shuffled to other ticket counters to get checked in, resulting in a short delay.

Flights were taking off as scheduled.


NEW UPDATE 1:36

Update: Additional areas closed at the airport

By KATU.com Web Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. - Additional areas at Portland International Airport have been closed, including part of the food court, following an inspection of a suspicious bag.

Things had been running fairly smoothly at the airport following an earlier evacuation of the north ticket counter area and a baggage claim area below it when the suspicious bag was discovered.

Some passengers were being delayed as they were shuffled to alternate ticket counters, but other than a short delay, were not greatly inconvenienced.

However, just before 1:30 p.m., other areas of the airport were shut down.

There is no word on what was found inside the suspicious bag and why it may have prompted additional closures.


Maybe they really found something? :shrug:

[electropop]

1. Terra Terra Terra!

Is there some bad news coming out today? What are they trying to divert our attention from?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

4. I'm wondering too... I didn't really pay attention to the first couple of

alerts. woooo Suspicious package!

But the last one, where they're closing down more of the Airport has me wondering if they really found something. Maybe they're going to blow it up on tv and we can see somebody's CD player get scattered all over the terminal! yea!

:shrug:

[pinniped]

2. Evacuate all states north and south of Oregon.

It could be one of those WWII Imperial Japanese parachute bombs that took a wrong turn on the jetstream.

Hey, that means me. If I leave, who the hell is going to duct tape my windows?

[Roland99]

3. ooops...sorry.

Was going to ship some vibrators to Tennessee but heard about the new law being proposed and thought I'd better leave the bag behind.


sorry.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

5. Even better! Blow up a bag of Dildo's on live TV!

:popcorn:

[electropop]

6. Bwaaahahhhahahahaha!

:spray:

I can just picture them bouncing all over the terminal!

:rofl:

[Roland99]

14. They can look a bit ballistic, ya know.

;)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

7. UPDATE: Main roads into airport terminal now closed

Update: Main roads into airport terminal now closed

By KATU.com Web Staff
PORTLAND, Ore. - Airport security officials have closed the main roads leading into the terminal at Portland International Airport as security teams continue to investigate a suspicious bag.

Airport staff are directing incoming traffic into the parking garage. People are being allowed to walk into and out of the airport, but no vehicles are being allowed to go near the main terminal.

Meanwhile, secutiry personnel are trying to identify what is inside the bag.

Airport officials who wished to remain anonomyous say it is the largest evacuation of the airport they have yet seen.

a little more
http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=83917

[Viva_La_Revolution]

8. UPDATE!!!

Electronic Golfing Device. no shit.

3/4 of the main checkout terminal was closed off. Expect flight delays.

no Dildos :(

[Mithras61]

9. Please forgive my ignorance... I don't golf... What is...

an Electronic Golfing Device?

[Hawkeye-X]

11. Maybe it looks like a dildo and automatically golfs for you? Would be ...

great for Pukes, as they're lazy in just about EVERYTHING ELSE!


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[Viva_La_Revolution]

12. it's a little gizmo that you set on the other side of the room...

putt the ball into it, and it pops it back to you so you can putt again.

[Hawkeye-X]

10. And they had to shut down the airport for a golfing device?!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Viva_La_Revolution]

13. I wonder what the score is now?

Suspicious packages that turned out to be nothing... about 350

Bombs (or parts for bombs)... about 0


Anybody feel safer yet?

[Roland99]

15. That's quite the euphemism!

Maybe the entrepreneurial types in Tennessee can start selling adult Electronic Golfing Devices.




FORE(play)!!

[progressivebydesign]

16. PDX is a really nice airport.

Though I hate airports, that one, and Eugene, Oregon, are my faves.. oh and Santa Barbara. All very pleasant and user-friendly.