No big deal......just a little something they use for avalanche control

Suspect in Airport Explosive Arrest was North Slope Worker

        Shannon Riddle,     Weekend Digital Producer

 01:34 PM AKST Feb 17, 2014  ANCHORAGE

 [UPDATE Feb. 17 1:20 p.m.] ConocoPhillips Alaska spokesperson Amy Jennings Burnett confirmed Monday that either a ConocoPhillips employee or contractor was the man detained Sunday with an explosive device at the Anchorage airport.

     The man was a passenger scheduled on a Shared Services flight headed to Deadhorse Sunday afternoon.
Shared Services is a "co-venture between ConocoPhillips and BP" used to transport more than 20,000 employees and contract workers every month between Anchorage, Fairbanks and the North Slope, Burnett said.
Burnett says initial investigation confirms the item was "a device typically used for avalanche control" and that "no ill will (was) intended."READ MORE