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Capt. Obvious

(9,002 posts) Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:54 AM Mar 2016

Police investigating bomb threat at Peoria International Airport

Source: WREX

WEEK News 25 in Peoria reports that the Peoria International Airport was partially evacuated due to a suspicious package, and the Peoria County Sheriff says the package contains explosives.

Police say the package was found in the check-in area of the airport. Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy told 1470 WMBD that the package contained dynamite, a timer and bottles of fluid.

WEEK's Doug Smith says flights have been delayed at the airport.

Police are still on scene at the airport, and traffic has been blocked to the airport while crews investigate the possible bomb.

Read more: http://www.wrex.com/story/31609582/2016/03/31/police-investigating-bomb-threat-at-peoria-international-airport

"the package contained dynamite, a timer and bottles of fluid."

Holy shit.

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Police investigating bomb threat at Peoria International Airport (Original Post) Capt. Obvious Mar 2016 OP

And a small city airport houston16revival Mar 2016 #1

Peoria International? liberal N proud Mar 2016 #2

When I was younger, I thought Peoria was just a made-up name used by vaudevillians. nt valerief Mar 2016 #3

All roads lead to Peoria liberal N proud Mar 2016 #7

Yes, like Pismo Beach C_U_L8R Mar 2016 #8

Ha! Yes, and Sheboygan. nt valerief Mar 2016 #10

I almost took a job in Sheboygan liberal N proud Mar 2016 #18

I stopped there on the way to Oshkosh one year Major Nikon Mar 2016 #16

Wow. djean111 Mar 2016 #4

Perhaps houston16revival Mar 2016 #11

"This can happen anywhere," or "This may be a place where security is weakest." Agnosticsherbet Mar 2016 #12

Peoria International Airport? Who knew? n/t SFnomad Mar 2016 #5

All "International Airport" means is that it offers custom and immigration services nichomachus Mar 2016 #14

Hopefully they caught the guy on their surveillance cameras. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #6

They'll know for certain when the film comes back from Walgreens. mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2016 #13

It was a woman nichomachus Mar 2016 #15

If they know she's a woman, they're already half-way to identifying the culprit. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #17

My hometown. My mom lives there. B2G Mar 2016 #9

UPDATE- wtf??? Fake bomb, woman uses it @PP clinics as demonstration item. uppityperson Mar 2016 #19

houston16revival

(953 posts)

1. And a small city airport

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:57 AM

Mar 2016

not good at all

liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)

2. Peoria International?

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 10:59 AM

Mar 2016

I didn't even know they had an airport.

valerief

(53,235 posts)

3. When I was younger, I thought Peoria was just a made-up name used by vaudevillians. nt

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:02 AM

Mar 2016

liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)

7. All roads lead to Peoria

Reply to valerief (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:14 AM

Mar 2016

From an old song.

But when you drive across Illinois, you see signs for Peoria. Makes me think of that phrase every time.

C_U_L8R

(45,020 posts)

8. Yes, like Pismo Beach

Reply to valerief (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:16 AM

Mar 2016

valerief

(53,235 posts)

10. Ha! Yes, and Sheboygan. nt

Reply to C_U_L8R (Reply #8)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:24 AM

Mar 2016

liberal N proud

(60,344 posts)

18. I almost took a job in Sheboygan

Reply to valerief (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:56 PM

Mar 2016

It was like Sheboygan? Really?

I don't think I could have taken the winters. They are bad enough in Cleveland.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)

16. I stopped there on the way to Oshkosh one year

Reply to liberal N proud (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:40 AM

Mar 2016

The only thing "International" means is that customs service is available on the airport, which means you can use it as a direct destination from a Canadian airport.

djean111

(14,255 posts)

4. Wow.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:05 AM

Mar 2016

I was just thinking (I used to live in Bloomington-Normal) - Peoria has an international airport?

Kind of doubt this is foreign terrorism, for some reason. Unless the point would have been that this can happen anywhere.

houston16revival

(953 posts)

11. Perhaps

Reply to djean111 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:24 AM

Mar 2016

the dynamite doesn't sound very much like their usual choice?

makes me think of local quarries

Agnosticsherbet

(11,619 posts)

12. "This can happen anywhere," or "This may be a place where security is weakest."

Reply to djean111 (Reply #4)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:25 AM

Mar 2016

It it is "International Terrorism," I suspect whoever was behind it was looking for weaknesses in our system.

It is difficult to come up with a plausible motive if it isn't.

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)

5. Peoria International Airport? Who knew? n/t

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:09 AM

Mar 2016

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

14. All "International Airport" means is that it offers custom and immigration services

Reply to SFnomad (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:27 AM

Mar 2016

In many cases, probably at Peoria, you have to give them several hours advance notice that you're coming. It's not a full-time customs operation. It's mainly for cargo shipments or for private jets that don't want to land at some place like O'Hare because of heavy traffic or super-high landing fees.

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

6. Hopefully they caught the guy on their surveillance cameras.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:10 AM

Mar 2016

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,600 posts)

13. They'll know for certain when the film comes back from Walgreens.

Reply to Elmer S. E. Dump (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:25 AM

Mar 2016

Sorry. My grandmother was born in Mason City, Illinois.

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)

15. It was a woman

Reply to Elmer S. E. Dump (Reply #6)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:30 AM

Mar 2016

She could have been a mule.

Elmer S. E. Dump

(5,751 posts)

17. If they know she's a woman, they're already half-way to identifying the culprit.

Reply to nichomachus (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 12:02 PM

Mar 2016

Now they know they can discount about 150,000,000 men. That makes the job OH! so much easier!!

B2G

(9,766 posts)

9. My hometown. My mom lives there.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 11:19 AM

Mar 2016

Yes, they have an airport...relatively small, but they've expanded recently.

Scary stuff.

uppityperson

(115,679 posts)

19. UPDATE- wtf??? Fake bomb, woman uses it @PP clinics as demonstration item.

Reply to Capt. Obvious (Original post)

Thu Mar 31, 2016, 02:12 PM

Mar 2016

UPDATE: WEEK in Peoria reports a Peoria County Sheriff's deputy says the suspected bomb found at the Peoria International Airport is fake.

The official says a woman who travels to Planned Parenthood clinics across the country uses the fake bomb as a demonstration item. She attempted to check a package with the fake bomb at about 6:30 a.m., and was detained by the TSA.

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