http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/2/18438.html
Apple Powerbook 'bomb' shuts airport, article by Drew Cullen, 23 Apr 2001
A California airport was closed for six hours [20 Apr 2001], following a
bomb scare. And the 'culprit'? Step forward the Titanium Powerbook
G4. Operators of an x-ray machine installed at Burbank airport were unable
to get a high-enough res look at a machine trundling through security. They
called in back up for some chemical analysis. Swabs revealed "residues"
which caused some concern The police and the FBI were called in, flights
were cancelled, and hundreds of customers were left milling the booking
hall.
After six hours, the police determined that the Powerbook was indeed
a Powerbook and not a bomb - its hapless owner was released from
questioning, and the airport was free to return to its business.
The scare was blamed on the titanium used in the laptop casing -
officials said this could have given a false reading
Let's hope this mix-up had something to do with the x-ray machine,
rather than some magical shielding properties possessed by the
Titanium PowerMac G4. If somehow it's the latter, Apple could have an
awful lot of product liability suits on its hands. [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 41]
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