08-18-2006, 01:33 AM
<b>US airport in 'liquid bomb' alert </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->A security guard first spotted the bottle in the bag, Tri-State Airport authority chief Jim Booton said.
Officials say the <b>woman is of Pakistani origin and was travelling on a one-way ticket to Charlotte, North Carolina</b>.
Chris Yates from Jane's Aviation told the BBC that both tests were extremely sensitive.
The likelihood that a container that had not come into contact with explosives would come up positive on both tests was extremely low, he said.
The incident comes a week after UK intelligence officers say they foiled a plot to blow up planes using liquid explosives.
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Officials say the <b>woman is of Pakistani origin and was travelling on a one-way ticket to Charlotte, North Carolina</b>.
Chris Yates from Jane's Aviation told the BBC that both tests were extremely sensitive.
The likelihood that a container that had not come into contact with explosives would come up positive on both tests was extremely low, he said.
The incident comes a week after UK intelligence officers say they foiled a plot to blow up planes using liquid explosives.
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