Survivors tell of Myanmar jet crash
What's with all the pieces because that is not what I saw in that Pennsylvania field on September 11, 2001?
"American injured in Myanmar blast" Associated Press, October 15, 2013
YANGON, Myanmar — An explosion that struck one of the most prestigious hotels in Myanmar’s main city was caused by a small, homemade time bomb, police said Tuesday.
Three suspects have been detained in relation to the blast, which went off near midnight Monday at the Traders Hotel in Yangon, ripping apart a guest’s room and wounding one American. It was one in a series of unexplained blasts to hit the country in recent days.
The hotel blast was followed by two small explosions before dawn Tuesday in the Mandalay region, police said, adding there were no reports of injuries.
The blast at the 22-story Trader’s Hotel, located in the heart of the country’s commercial capital, blew out a window in the guest’s ninth floor room, shooting shards of thick glass onto the street, but there were no other visible signs of damage to the exterior of the building.
The device apparently went off in the guest’s bathroom, scattering towels, toiletries, and a red purse across the entrance way floor. A chair was overturned and part of the wooden wardrobe was lifted off its hinges.
A 43-year-old American woman was slightly injured and taken to a Yangon hospital, police and hotel staff said. Her husband and their two children, aged 5 and 7, were unhurt.
Officials at the US Embassy declined to release the victim’s name.
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Who would want to kill a U.S. spy in Myanmar?
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"Police investigate Calif. airport blast" Associated Press, October 15, 2013
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police have taken over the investigation into who was responsible for planting a plastic bottle containing dry ice that exploded in an employee bathroom at Los Angeles International Airport.
Air traffic was back to normal Monday after the Sunday evening explosion caused a commotion in LAX’s terminal 2. Up to four flights were delayed after airport police halted security screening for more than an hour.
Los Angeles Police spokeswoman Sally Madera said no injuries were reported, and ‘‘there was no threat to the public area.’’
The bathroom was in an area of the terminal that is not accessible to the public, according to FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller. She said there was ‘‘no stated threat associated with the incident.’’
Airport police Sergeant Karla Ortiz said officials temporarily halted security screening, which led to the delay of the flights.
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