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LAX Dry Ice Bomb / LAX RAW FOOTAGE

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Channel: Scott Lane OSTV · 2013 · Entertainment

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Written by City News Service -Detectives today were trying to find whoever left
 three dry ice bombs at Los Angeles International Airport's Tom Bradley
 Terminal, one of which exploded harmlessly in the second such incident in two
 days.
    The device went off just before 8 p.m. Monday outside the Tom Bradley
 Terminal, said Los Angeles police Detective Gus Villanueva. The bomb squad
 responded and located the other two dry ice bombs before they could explode,
 Villanueva said.
    Monday night's blast was the second explosion of a dry ice bomb at the
 airport in as many days. So far, there appears to be no connection to
 terrorism, Villanueva said.
    Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Criminal Conspiracy
 Section went to the scene to oversee the investigation, Villanueva said. The
 FBI is also investigating the planting of the devices.
    LAPD Chief Charlie Beck told the city Police Commission today that ``we
 will catch the people involved whether they be internal or external to the
 airport, and we will prosecute them vigorously, and somebody will go to prison
 over this.''
    The explosion Sunday night took place about 7 p.m. in an employee
 restroom at Terminal 2, which is used by several domestic and international
 airlines. That restroom was in an area off-limits to passengers, as were the
 areas where the devices turned up Monday, according to reports from the scene.
    A dry ice bomb is not a sophisticated device. ``But if you were standing
 near it when it exploded, you could get hurt,'' Villanueva said.
    A dry ice bomb commonly consists of dry ice sealed in a rigid container,
 often a plastic bottle. As the dry ice breaks down, carbon dioxide is formed
 and begins to build pressure on the walls of the container until it explodes,
 turning into flying shrapnel.
    Dry ice bombs can take anywhere from 30 seconds to 30 minutes to
 explode. So its unpredictability can be dangerous for the bombmaker as well as
 for innocent passersby.
    If a dry ice bomb doesn't go off, writes Anne Marie Helmenstine on the
 about.com website, it's still dangerous and releasing the pressure could cause
 it to explode. The only safe way to defuse it is to rupture it at a distance,
 which usually entails the involvement of law enforcement. LOUDLABS NEWS

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