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Xbox 360 Sparks Bomb Scare

Posted by Zonk on Sunday January 1, 2006 @08:31PM from the why-was-that-a-carry-on dept.

CivilianHero writes "The New York Post is reporting that a carry-on case, with an Xbox 360 inside, sparked a terror alert to go off at MacArthur Airport after several x-ray screenings revealed the case to be containing suspicious wires. That section of the airport was cleared and the bomb squad was deployed to investigate. That's one more reason why Xbox 360 is the bomb for Games.net and Joystiq."

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x-ray machines by megrims · 2006-01-01 20:38 · Score: 2, Interesting

Aren't they able to distinguish between biological material, (which I suppose is found in bombs, that or some form of liquid.) and the electronics in the XBox?
What would have set the machine off?

(Or does the machine do nothing, and leave the interpretation up to the user?)
1. Re:x-ray machines by Tim+Browse · 2006-01-01 23:36 · Score: 3, Interesting
  
  So in other words, they can detect biological material?
  From your own link:
  While the colors used to signify "inorganic" and "metal" may vary between manufacturers, all X-ray systems use shades of orange to represent "organic." This is because most explosives are organic.
  
  The caption on the picture of the bag also says:
  Notice that all organic items are a shade of orange.