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I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:54 pm
by Devilman
So much fail material right here:
Bomb Scare Stems From Training Drill
A dog trainer's mistake sparked another international scare about explosives on airplanes, Slovak officials said on Wednesday.
The Slovakian government apologized for a security officer's error that resulted in explosives he tucked into the belt of a backpack that belonged to an unwitting passenger being loaded onto a flight to Dublin Airport on Saturday, Ireland's Department of Justice said Wednesday.
In a security experiment gone wrong that angered Irish politicians and worried already nervous airline passengers around the world, the 49-year-old Slovakian passenger unknowingly transported about 96 grams of high-grade plastic explosives called RDX from Poprad-Tatry airport in northeastern Slovakia.
The head of the Slovak border police said Wednesday that two explosive samples were used for sniffer-dog training at around noon Saturday, just ahead of the Dublin-bound flight of budget carrier Danube Wings.
The samples were placed between pieces of checked-in luggage that were loaded onto a cart to be towed out of the airport building to the plane. After the officer's dog found both explosive samples, the officer failed to remove one of them, and didn't tell his supervisors until Monday, said Tibor Mako, the head of Slovak border police.
The airport's civilian air-control staff cleared the Dublin flight for takeoff because the officer said no detonating device was attached to the explosive, and it wasn't certain the sample had been loaded on the aircraft. The officer said he remembered wrapping the sample in the waist belt of a backpack.
"On Monday we then screened [closed-circuit] camera footage and managed to identify the backpack on the wagon and his owner," Mr. Mako said. "This whole process of checking images of luggage of 160 passengers took until late Monday when we informed the Irish police."
The innocent Slovak man carrying the explosives to Dublin went to his home there, and didn't find the explosives hidden in his baggage. On Tuesday, Irish police, unaware that the man had no knowledge of the explosives, arrested him at his home. The police later released the man.
Ireland's Justice Minister Dermot Ahern has asked the Irish Police Commissioner to compile a full report on the incident.
Training sniffer dogs by using real explosives is a standard procedure around the world because the dogs must learn exactly what they are seeking. Dogs are widely used to sniff for weapons, drugs and other contraband, although their effectiveness is sometimes questioned.
Norman Shanks, an aviation-security consultant in England, said the use of such materials in training is a problem because the trace amounts left behind can contaminate surfaces or baggage that it contacts.
The backpack that was sent to Dublin with RDX would probably set off any explosive detectors it passes for months or years, Mr. Shanks said. "This guy might want to get a new backpack," he added.
This isn't the first time security officials have misplaced explosives in tests. French police in 2004 lost explosives in a passenger's bag during dog training at Charles de Gaulle Airport. A similar event occurred several years ago at London's Heathrow Airport, Mr. Shanks said.
-- Daniel Michaels
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126278299997917787.html?mod=WSJEUROPE_hpp_MIDDLESecondStories
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 6:58 pm
by Toasty
Short version pleeease.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:02 pm
by Devilman
Short version:
Police wants to train their bomb searching dogs at an airport so they decide that it will be an awesome idea if the dogs have a real environment to train at. So they take em to the airport and stuff plastic explosives into random passengers bags. They miss one (out of eight) and it gets sent to Dublin. If things weren't dumb enough already, the assholes inform the Irish police 3 days later... And boom, now we look like worldwide idiots.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:03 pm
by SM-Count
If anything, this proves they need more real environment training.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:04 pm
by Toasty
Yup, you should be embarrased.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:05 pm
by Devilman
SM-Count wrote:If anything, this proves they need more real environment training.
More common sense above all else.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:14 pm
by House
I am embarrased to be from Venezuela =(
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 7:19 pm
by Grounded
So yeah im embarrased of being venezuelan too!
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 8:02 pm
by Zephyrir
I've just read a relevant article at index, it says that the pilot was told one of the bags includes hexogen, still he continued taking off.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:05 pm
by Squirt
Just a mishap that could happen to any officer.
The important thing is that the explosives didn't go off. If the system has worked for the past 60 years, stay with it
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:07 pm
by .AWAKE.
^^ not really..this would not happen anywhere else =P
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:26 pm
by *BlackFox
.AWAKE. wrote:^^ not really..this would not happen anywhere else =P
ROFL!
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:27 pm
by woutR
Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:59 pm
by Grounded
woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
Ok am i the only one who sees the this?
loled
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:05 pm
by inky
How about have a bunch of army/police volunteers disguised as civilians keep the explosives in their backpacks instead of shoving it into some random passengers' stuff. It simply does not make any fucking sense at all.
Lol Garitax. Your sig made me lol. Didn't see that one coming.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 10:13 pm
by panterr
woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
Text in the black border translated to english; Brings you and the society serious harm.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Thu Jan 07, 2010 11:59 pm
by heroo
woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
what I find even more worse, is that soo many focking people vote on him. how can so many Dutch people be so retarted and narrowminded? it's really pathetic.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:01 am
by Swindler
Looks like that dutch dude wearing a wig.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:03 am
by cpinney
Slovakia has an airport?
Slovakia has internets????
:3
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:07 am
by Grounded
cpinney wrote:Slovakia has an airport?
Slovakia has internets????
:3
PWNED!
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 12:26 am
by Squirt
heroo wrote:woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
what I find even more worse, is that soo many focking people vote on him. how can so many Dutch people be so retarted and narrowminded? it's really pathetic.
Is he the dutch version of this guy?
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Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:32 am
by Grounded
Squirt wrote:heroo wrote:woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
what I find even more worse, is that soo many focking people vote on him. how can so many Dutch people be so retarted and narrowminded? it's really pathetic.
Is he the dutch version of this guy?
[/spoiler]http://students.georgiasouthern.edu/greeklife/George-W-Bush.jpg[/spoiler]
u mean this:
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:06 am
by BlackFox898
can canada win the failz?
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 6:06 am
by SnowShael
heroo wrote:woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
what I find even more worse, is that soo many focking people vote on him. how can so many Dutch people be so retarted and narrowminded? it's really pathetic.
Now, it may just be me, but..
He sort of has a point.
Now, I hate that there are muslims in Europe and that their population rates are skyrocketing, mostly because every negative stereotype about them has been proven to me, especially when a group of them attacked me and my girlfriend in Sweden. I was surprised to even SEE brown people there.
tl;dr, I hate immigration of low class, stupid people and the current flow of immigrants happens to be islamic fella's from the mid east and africa to provide low cost manual labor.
Even shorter summary; Muslims from Iraq attacked me, thus being racist.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 2:44 pm
by heroo
SnowShael wrote:Now, I hate that there are muslims in Europe.
I was surprised to even SEE brown people there.
tl;dr, I hate immigration of low class, stupid people
yeah.....you're probably right man.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:28 pm
by woutR
While immigration may be a problem and stress on our economy, just declaring a war on Islam is not the answer.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 3:40 pm
by CeLL
woutR wrote:While immigration may be a problem and stress on our economy, just declaring a war on Islam is not the answer.
you cant fight a religion, so youre probably right. you can, on the other hand, do so agaisnt muslims. not that im condoning anything, just clarifying.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 5:37 pm
by Gnarly
woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
I don't get how he got politician.
He just blames the whole foreign community the whole time. He doesn't have a single solution for the criss that is going on right now.
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:41 pm
by Gaigemasta
RoqueWelle wrote:woutR wrote:Don't worry, we all have things we aren't proud of
I don't get how he got politician.
He just blames the whole foreign community the whole time. He doesn't have a single solution for the criss that is going on right now.
Thats what you call money, lots and lots of money....
Re: I am embarrased to be from Slovakia -.-
Posted: Sat Jan 09, 2010 11:31 pm
by woutR
Gaige wrote:
Thats what you call money, lots and lots of money....
Not really. I don't really feel like Geert Wilders used a lot of money. Actually, I don't think Geert Wilders has a lot of money to start with either.
Where are you from?
