How Long Does It Take To Open An Airport After A Shooting?

[SoCalMusicLover]

One man was neutralized almost 7 hours ago, yet the whole transportation system at LAX is still on lockdown.

The incident happened at Terminal 3, yet all 8 terminals are still not functioning, and all inbound traffic to the entire airport is still halted.

People are walking from the terminals, because they are not being allowed to their vehicles, and the entire LAX air traffic and ground traffic is at a complete halt.

I understand the need for caution. I understand the need for analyzing the crime scene itself. But isn't it a little nutso that an entire airport is paralyzed for an incident which is pretty much 100% guaranteed to be over, and which was localized at 1 of 8 terminals at the airport.

Everything is not a great big conspiracy. Everything doesn't have to be analyzed to death to determine what happened here. Take some time, but get things back on track, and quit inconveniencing tens of thousands of travelers for an indefinite amount of time, just for the sake of proving that you are being thorough.

Just part of the paranoia that grips our country after one of these incidents.

[Purveyor]

1. I must agree with you, indeed. eom

[Auggie]

2. Covering their collective asses? Justifying their system?

[RKP5637]

3. Yep, IMO that's what it's all about, lot's of CYA, some justified, some way overboard. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. But it is not on lockdown

Planes are coming in and taking off.

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

Won't even add the interviews with locals who flew in from LAX this afternoon to my non existent media.

[kestrel91316]

4. What are you, 12 years old?? The world doesn't revolve around what YOU want.

I happen to think the police should take their time with this investigation because I want to see a SUCCESSFUL prosecution of this guy.

This isn't about showboating to prove anything. This is about doing a job right the first time, because there isn't going to be any do-over.

[Agschmid]

6. +1

[morningfog]

15. This has nothing to do with successful prosecution.

It has to do with fear and control.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. And if it was true, per lax, flights are indeed taking off

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

Won't ever bother with the clueless folks flying into my local airport as reported by my local non important media.

People can check this shit, they just don't. National has it very much correct

[Link Speed]

5. It does seem way over-the-top

Friday travel is tough enough without these conditions.

on edit: I wonder where incoming is being diverted. There are a gazillion flights into LAX on Friday.

[dorkzilla]

8. Long Beach is too small, but I'm sure at least JetBlue was able to divert there

John Wayne is a little bigger but I wonder if some LA flights were cancelled entirely.

[Link Speed]

10. This will create huge ripples.

A lot of people will be stranded for the weekend in a lot of different cities.

[Stinky The Clown]

27. Long Beach can land 'em and park 'em.

John Wayne can handle a lot. So can Burbank. You could even run them south to Miramar.

[nadinbrzezinski]

35. You do know Miramar is a military airport right?

And LAX is open.

[MADem]

34. San Diego? It's a bit of a haul to go up to LA, but do-able.

I know when my flight to San Diego (that stopped in LA) got the last leg cancelled, they bussed us down to SD.

Many years ago, but it has been done.

[mwdem]

9. Burbank, Ontario..

two that come to mind.

[nadinbrzezinski]

13. Other airports as well, but ain't gonna bother

Regardless, flights are taking off...per...lax.

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

[nadinbrzezinski]

22. 'Xept it's not according to the fools at lax

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

[Major Nikon]

23. There probably weren't too many diversions

If any.

LAX was still landing aircraft pretty much continuously. The FAA did initiate a ground stop, which means they halted aircraft going to LAX, but they didn't prevent inbound aircraft from landing.

[dorkzilla]

7. I'm flying out of there in 10 days…think it'll be open then?

[nadinbrzezinski]

25. It's actually open

And in ten days terminal three will as well

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

[LibDemAlways]

11. I agree it's overkill. I can understand

keeping Terminal 3 shut down as long as it takes to thoroughly investigate, but continuing to inconvenience thousand of passengers many hours later is BS.

[nadinbrzezinski]

24. Except the airport is landing planes

And planes are taking off

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Try this, real time

Flights are leaving

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

I am not even going to bother with local, non-sensical, and that do not matter, news reports. After all they got it right, but it does not matter

[morningfog]

14. It's the new normal of the police state. Boston shut down for a whole day while the paramilitary

police chased one guy.

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. 'Xept flights are leaving lax, per the clueless idiots at lax

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

[morningfog]

17. So it isn't on lock down?

That's good. How many terminals are closed? How many open?

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Well, go down that chart. Suffice it to say Terminal three is (as it should)

The rest of the airport is slowly coming back. The problem is this is the 3rd busiest airport in the US and 4th in the world, iirc. It will take time.

Frontier, jet blue and two other airlines (based on three) have cancelled flights for the foreseeable future. The rest are slowly coming back, and spinning up.

[Stinky The Clown]

19. All that military hardware has to be carefully undeployed.

Lots of young men dressed in ninja black with throbbing erections getting to play with the really big badassboomboom shit.

Yes, It is over the top stupid.

[nadinbrzezinski]

21. Except it's not, per the fools at lax

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

I will not even bother with the imaginary folks who flew out of LA this afternoon, who talked to my local non existent media.

[Tikki]

28. I think the legal system would like to convict this murderer…all evidence needs to be gathered...

I have no idea how long that would take…maybe someone that does that kind of work
would know.


Tikki

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. And the airport is not shut down

Flights are taking off and landing per the idiots at LAX.

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures

There are seven terminals at LAX.

I have made mistakes, but this is bad

[Logical]

30. Two kids shut down Boston for a whole day. So this sounds about right. n-t

[Zorro]

31. If you know how LAX is designed

a lot of passengers and vehicles have to transit past Terminals 2 and 3 to get to their terminals.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. And planes are coming in and out

http://www.airport-la.com/lax/departures, so it is not on lockdown

[MADem]

33. An idiot HOAXED a bomb at Jacksonville last month (there was no actual bomb)

and the airport stayed closed for hours. People were shuttled out of there, unable to grab their bags, and weren't allowed back in. People who were supposed to fly in were trapped en route and unable to travel until the following day. http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/01/us/florida-jacksonville-airport-evacuated/

The place is a crime scene, after all--a guy was murdered. It's not paranoia, it's forensics.

And who knew that the Nahn Wun Wun plot wasn't just one plane, until the second one hit, and the third....?

[gopiscrap]

36. I agree

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. It is opened.

Terminal three is the only thing closed. There is still an active crime scene. Operations started to go back to normal a few hours ago.

I understand the OP was watching, likely national (CNN likely). At 19:00 they were still reporting it was locked down. Three hours after busses and shuttles were running. Private Vehicles are currently at the airport.

[jon10]

37. I would not want to be in charge of this

so i give them some latitude, even if they address it imprefectly

[nadinbrzezinski]

39. But it is open, save terminal 3.