Sharni
10-12-2004, 01:45 PM
submitted by Lilith
Mon Oct 4,10:42 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A vibrating sex toy in a rubbish
bin sparked a security scare and shut a regional
Australian airport for almost an hour, officials said
on Monday.
An emergency was declared at the airport in Mackay,
500 miles north of Brisbane in tropical Queensland
state, after airport staff heard a strange noise
coming from the bin, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
radio said.
"It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin
started humming furiously," cafeteria manager Lynne
Bryant said.
Police evacuated the terminal and were about to call
in bomb experts when an unidentified passenger came
forward to identify the contents of a package left in
the bin.
A police spokeswoman said the package was identified
as an "adult novelty device."
Australia has been under heightened security alert
since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks on
the United States and security at major buildings and
transport hubs has been tightened even further ahead
of an Oct. 9 election
Toy Story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20041004/od_nm/toy_dc)
Mon Oct 4,10:42 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A vibrating sex toy in a rubbish
bin sparked a security scare and shut a regional
Australian airport for almost an hour, officials said
on Monday.
An emergency was declared at the airport in Mackay,
500 miles north of Brisbane in tropical Queensland
state, after airport staff heard a strange noise
coming from the bin, Australian Broadcasting Corp.
radio said.
"It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin
started humming furiously," cafeteria manager Lynne
Bryant said.
Police evacuated the terminal and were about to call
in bomb experts when an unidentified passenger came
forward to identify the contents of a package left in
the bin.
A police spokeswoman said the package was identified
as an "adult novelty device."
Australia has been under heightened security alert
since the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacked airliner attacks on
the United States and security at major buildings and
transport hubs has been tightened even further ahead
of an Oct. 9 election
Toy Story (http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=3&u=/nm/20041004/od_nm/toy_dc)