Lady Writes the Word 'Boom' at an Airport, Everyone Reacts Completely Rationally

Danisa Landaeta Charged In Airport Bomb Hoax

Danisa Landaeta, a 30-year-old Miami woman, has been arrested for drawing a picture of a bomb and writing the word "BOOM" on her friend's bag as a joke, the Miami Herald reports.

Landaeta drew the misguided picture on the suitcase of a friend who was traveling from Miami to Venezuela on Tuesday. The friend was checking into a Santa Barbara Airlines flight and turned in the luggage when she noticed the drawing, the arrest affidavit reads, according to Local10.com.

Miami-Dade police spokesman Det. Roy Rutland told CBS that the incident occurred around 3pm on Tuesday. Three concourses were evacuated and driving areas around another were closed off as a precaution, airport spokesman Greg Chin told CBS. A K-9 unit was also brought in.

Landaeta confessed and has been charged with the planting of a hoax bomb and criminal mischief and is being held on $12,500 bond, CBS Miami reports. NBC Miami adds that Landaeta is still in a local jail.

The incident cost roughly $1,000, according to the New York Daily News.

This seems completely reasonable.  You see a hand drawn picture of a bomb on a suitcase and evacuate 3 concourses and driving areas and bring in a dog.  

The whole 'bomb threat' thing always got me.  I always feel like that if there is ever a written threat or phone threat of anything, it's definitely not going to happen.  I imagine the whole process of planning, getting materials, building a bomb, finding a way through security, finding a target and all that is quite a bit of work.  Not to mention the fact that the hypothetical bomber probably doesn't want to get caught. It seems silly that despite all the effort, he would draw attention to himself by drawing his big plan on his luggage.  Has anyone of these 'threats' ever lead to anything even close to serious?

Growing up in a post-Columbine educational system, I always thought the adults making decisions were half-retarded whenever some kid would come to the lunch table and be like, 'Hey, some kid wrote that he put has grenade in his lunch box, on the wall in the handicapped stall, so now they're sending everyone home.


Also, did you see the official charge???  'Planting a hoax bomb'.  I don't think anyone can argue that drawing a bomb on your plane luggage is dumb and in poor taste, but the fact that ANYONE thinks that a picture of a bomb drawn by a crackhead Britney Spears look-alike represents any kind of increased chance of an actual bomb is ridiculous to me.