Dry Ice Bomb Causes Delays at LAX
Detonated in a bathroom; no injuries
An apparent dry ice bomb explosion in a Los Angeles International Airport restroom Sunday night prompted the airport to halt departing flights for hours as police investigated, authorities said.
The explosion occurred about 7 p.m. in a bathroom near Terminal 2, Gate 27. No injuries were reported.
Normal operations resumed just before 9 p.m., officials said. Four departure flights between 9:45 p.m. and 10:40 p.m. PT were delayed and passengers on three arriving flights were delayed from claiming checked luggage because baggage handling operations were temporarily stopped.
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I used to make those all the time. I would hardly call them a bomb.