Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-09-19 05:40:44 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D5B0E2DCAE4BA3159CC622F6CFFDA5017CC82998B9C87FBE4D7C9ACBD5E80E5B
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Original Note:
While this is an hypothetical, the Lebanese pagers likely contained small amounts of explosives (RDX or PETN, see https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-pager-explosion-e9493409a0648b846fdcadffdb02d71e). These types of explosives (like most explosives) are organic and would have been picked up at an airport security check by the X-ray scanner (see https://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/airport-security4.htm)
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