Why would you tape electronics to empty bottles?

Quote:

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Those items were an empty shampoo bottle with watches attached to it and an empty bottle of a stomach medicine with mobile phones attached, according to the U.S. law enforcement source, who has been briefed on the investigation.

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http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe...ex.html?hpt=T2


Only reason I can think of is if the luggage got in the water during a crash, they wouldn't sink to the bottom of the sea, though they'd be ruined by the salt water.

The prevailing rumor is that it was a "dry run"...

-tg

Internet.com could save a fortune if they shutdown this place for good.

It could be a dry run. On the other hand, I spent a most interesting night in a Pittsburg bus station with a guy who had weirder stuff than that in his bag...and in his head. But that's a whole different story. People like that probably don't fly all that often.

Actually I think they're flying most of the time.