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Burnt Bagel Causes St. Louis Airport Evacuation

Matthew December 29, 2017 2 Comments

Authorities are blaming a burnt bagel for the evacuation of Terminal 2 at Lambert Airport in St. Louis earlier this week.

Better safe than sorry?

Airport officials say a bagel burned in a restaurant in Terminal 2 around 6 p.m. Tuesday, setting off smoke detectors and prompting a full evacuation. An estimated 300 to 400 people were required to go outside, where the temperature was 11 degrees.

The airport says the evacuation lasted only about five minutes, but passengers had to go back through security checks once they re-entered the building. No flight delays were reported.

That last-line is a kicker, isn’t it? Passengers are herded outside in to 11ºF (-12ºC) weather only to have to endure another security screening moments later. It just seems like a huge overreaction to me. Couldn’t someone in the restaurant just have pulled out a fire extinguisher?

Temporary partial evacuation in T2 out of an abundance of caution after alarm detected smoke near a restaurant. ARFF responded. Evacuation lasted about 5 mins. Normal Operations have resumed #safetyfirst

— STL Airport (@flystl) December 27, 2017

One small detail: the passengers were not herded out to the check-in lobby or sidewalk…but to the tarmac.

We’re all outside in the freezing cold walking under the jetbridges. No idea where we are going or why. Hundreds of passengers pic.twitter.com/992pFplHXm

— Jacob Long (@JacobLongTV) December 27, 2017

And this, once again, begs the question: wasn’t an even greater security risk created by evacuating passengers out to the tarmac? Who made the decision to send people out to the tarmac? Why were passengers free to wander around?

CONCLUSION

I suppose it is all-too-easy to “Monday Morning Quarterback” but I think it is fair to question how this situation was handled.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 120 countries over the last decade. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, BBC, Fox News, CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, Al Jazeera, Toronto Star, and on NPR. Studying international relations, American government, and later obtaining a law degree, Matthew has a plethora of knowledge outside the travel industry that leads to a unique writing perspective. He has served in the United States Air Force, on Capitol Hill, and in the White House. His Live and Let's Fly blog shares the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs and promotions, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel. His writings on penandpassport.com offer more general musings on life from the eyes of a frequent traveler. He also founded awardexpert.com, a highly-personalized consulting service that aids clients in the effective use of their credit card points and frequent flyer miles. Clients range from retirees seeking to carefully use their nest egg of points to multinational corporations entrusting Matthew with the direction and coordination of company travel.

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