Polonium

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Grenade-shaped lighter evacuates 1,000 from Polish airport

A grenade-shaped cigarette lighter in a 13-year-old boy’s checked luggage forced the evacuation of 1,000 people from an airport in Poland and delayed four international flights.

A spokesman for the airport in Katowice said passengers and workers were evacuated last Wednesday from the airport after a grenade shape was detected in a suitcase on its way to Dortmund, Germany.

Read more:http://www.universitychronicle.com/briefly/grenade-shaped-lighter-evacuates-1-000-from-polish-airport-1.2162562