Baby put through airport X-ray
December 21, 2006 - 9:48AM
A woman mistakenly put her one-month-old grandson through an X-ray machine at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said.
A startled security worker noticed the shape of a child on the carry-on baggage screening monitor and immediately pulled him out, the Los Angeles Times reported for a story in Wednesday's editions.
The infant was taken to a local hospital, where doctors determined he did not receive a dangerous dose of radiation.
"This was an innocent mistake by an obviously inexperienced traveller," said Paul Haney, deputy executive director of airports and security for the city's airport agency.
The incident happened early on Saturday, airport officials said.
Haney said in 1988, an infant in a car seat went through an X-ray machine at the Los Angeles airport.
AP
SMH 22-12-6
http://www.smh.com.au/news/unusual-tales/babys-xray-screen/2006/12/21/1166290649154.html
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Flatulent passenger grounds US flight
Thursday, The 7th of December 2006. 9:00am (AEDT)
It may be one problem US airline security officials never envisioned - a passenger lighting matches in flight to mask odours from her flatulence.
The woman's actions resulted in an emergency landing in Nashville of an American Airlines flight bound for Dallas from Washington DC, a spokeswoman for Nashville's airport, Lynne Lowrance, says.
Other passengers reported the odour of burnt matches, but the woman was not forthcoming when asked about it, Ms Lowrance says.
"Of course, she was scared and embarrassed but all the passengers had to disembark, all the luggage had to be searched, a canine team was brought in, and about three hours were consumed in sorting out the situation," she said.
The woman was not allowed back on the flight and barred from flying on American Airlines, Ms Lowrance says.
"Since there was no malice involved and the incident was accidental, she was not charged with anything," she said.
Passengers are permitted four books of paper safety matches on a plane but cannot light them during flight, Ms Lowrance says.
"I've had calls from people all over the country about this and I don't have the answer to this problem," she said.
- Reuters
ABC 7-12-6
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Fed-up mum gets hyperactive son arrested
December 6, 2006 - 2:08PM
A fed-up US mother had her 12-year-old son arrested for allegedly rummaging through his grandmother's things and playing with his Christmas present early.
The mother in Columbia, South Carolina, called police on Sunday after learning her son had disobeyed orders and repeatedly taken a Game Boy hand-held video game player from its hiding place at his grandmother's house next door and played it.
He was arrested on petty larceny charges, taken to the local police station in handcuffs and held until his mother picked him up after church.
"It was only to teach my son a lesson. He's been going through life doing things ... and getting away with it," said the boy's mother, Brandi Ervin.
Police did not release the boy's name.
The mother said her son had been diagnosed in the past year with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but that his medicine does not seem to help.
She said he faces an expulsion hearing at his school tomorrow.
Rock Hill Police Capt. Mark Bollinger said the boy took a swing at a police officer assigned to the school last month. He has been suspended from school since then.
The boy's case will be presented to Department of Juvenile Justice officials in York County, who will decide what happens to him, Bollinger said.
His mother hopes he can attend a program that will finally scare him straight.
"It's not even about the Christmas present," she said. "I only want positive things out of it."
AP
SMH 6-12-6
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/fedup-mum-gets-hyperactive-son-arrested/2006/12/06/1165081000210.html
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