[singpilot]

A guy (late for a flight) ran up the down exit starcase to get into the secured area in Terminal 6. Unfortunately, it joins T5 and T7. All three were quarantined, and the pax sent out one exit to the street in order to pass in front of the guard sitting at the stair. Took three hours to find him hiding in a restroom, standing on a toilet. He missed his flight, and will spend the next 10 to 15 days to explain it to the judge, and figure a way to pay for the costs.

The second incident was in the International Terminal, when a passengers' metal flashlight (you know, the kind LAPD used to use), was opened, the TSA guard crossed the threads putting the cap back on, and shorted out the nicads. They exploded shortly after, and the shrapnel injured several people, most of them TSA.

LAPD closed every entrance to LAX more than a mile away from the airport, and chaos ensued.

I guess almost no one has departed even now, almost 6 hours later.

Am really glad I was only caught in the traffic mess trying to go from one marina to the other, and not having to fly today.