AIRPORT SCARE RAISES QUESTIONS RESPONSE TO BURBANK INCIDENT LEADS TO CALL FOR REPORT.Byline: Troy Anderson Staff Writer BURBANK - Concerned about the bungled bun·gle v. bun·gled, bun·gling, bun·gles v.intr. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently. v.tr. To handle badly; botch. See Synonyms at botch. n. response to a bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm last month at Burbank Airport, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. County supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to ask the Sheriff's Department for a report on the proper response to such events. ``I believe we should use this false alarm situation as a guide to help improve the communication channels among law enforcement and airport officials, so that notifications are made timely and the public is kept informed and safe,'' Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke said. On April 20, flights were delayed and more than 3,000 passengers were temporarily stranded at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport after security workers detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: a man suspected of having a bomb in a laptop computer. The sheriff's bomb squad arrived an hour and 20 minutes after the explosive detection Explosive detection is a non-destructive inspection process to determine whether a container contains explosive material. Explosive detection is commonly used at airports, ports and for border control. alarm was sounded. The first announcement over the public address system, informing travelers of the situation, came four hours after the alarm. The FBI was not notified until three hours after the alarm, officials said. Although Terminal A was closed, some aircraft were allowed to taxi up to the terminal gates, Burke said. ``Further, traffic was tied up for blocks in the neighborhood surrounding the airport, and ... the all-clear was not given until more than six hours after the first alarm,'' Burke said. The Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority plans to cooperate with the Sheriff's Department and is focusing on improving communications with passengers and on what to do with incoming air traffic if a similar bomb scare ever happened again, authority spokesman Victor Gill said. ``We are working with local law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). and reviewing protocols in which bomb response resources can come into play,'' Gill said. Mark Hardyment, director of operations and maintenance at the airport, said the staff is specifically considering making greater use of its Web site to get information to the media and of using an AM radio station at the airport with a 2.5-mile diameter range to broadcast information in the event of a future emergency. ``It's frequently used for parking information,'' Hardyment said. ``It can certainly be used to broadcast special emergency information updates. We have also ordered signs that can direct travelers to the existence of the radio station.'' In their motion, the supervisors asked the Sheriff's Department to work with airport authority officials to develop a report on how notification could have been more timely and effective. The supervisors also asked sheriff's officials to work with all commercial and passenger airports in Los Angeles County where another bomb scare could occur and to review notification protocols with local law enforcement and fire officials, the FBI and the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control . Sheriff's officials are expected to come back to the county supervisors in three months with the report. ``We definitely need to take all security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security necessary to ensure the safety and welfare of passengers at Burbank and all our regional airports, including LAX,'' said Chris Dickerson For the baseball player of the same name, see . Chris Dickerson (born August 25, 1939 in Montgomery, Alabama), is an American bodybuilder. Bodybuilding career Dickerson was born to Mahala Ashley Dickerson as the youngest of three triplets. , spokesman for county Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . ``Any information the Sheriff's Department can provide us to make air travel safer for the residents of Los Angeles County will be welcome information.'' |
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