13 NOV., 1998
UNITED STATES, ATLANTA, GEORGIA-AN INDIVIDUAL APPROACHED THE MAIN DOMESTIC CHECKPOINT AT ATLANTA'S HARTSFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND PLACED A LOADED HANDGUN AT THE BACK OF A TICKETED PASSENGER. WHEN A CHECKPOINT SCREENER CHALLENGED THE MAN HOLDING THE GUN, HE DOUSED THE BACK OF HIS HOSTAGE WITH LIGHTER FLUID AND TRIED TO FORCE HIS WAY THROUGH. HE WAS APPREHENDED BY POLICE AND ARRESTED. THE HANDGUN WAS LOADED WITH EIGHT BULLETS.
17 NOV., 1998
UNITED STATES, TOLEDO, OH-VANDALS PLACED A BICYCLE IN A SWITCH CAUSING SEVERAL CARS FROM A FREIGHT TRAIN TO DERAIL AND STRIKE AN ONCOMING TRAIN NEAR TOLEDO.
27 NOV., 1998
UNITED STATES, SEATTLE, WA-A PASSENGER ON A CITY BUS SHOT THE DRIVER IN THE ARM, CAUSING THE BUS CARRYING 35 PEOPLE TO CRASH OFF A BRIDGE ONTO THE ROOF OF AN APARTMENT BUILDING AND THEN TO THE GROUND. THE DRIVER, AND A SECOND MAN WHO SUFFERED GUNSHOT WOUNDS DIED. TWELVE PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
11 DEC., 1998
UNITED STATES, HOUSTON, TX-THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD RECEIVED TO TELEPHONE BOMB THREATS ON TRAINS AT HOUSTON. THE FIRST CALL WAS RECEIVED AT 3:15 AM AND CLAIMED THAT A TRAIN IN HOUSTON HAD A BOMB ON BOARD. HOUSTON POLICE AND BOMB SQUAD RESPONDED, THE TRAIN WAS INSPECTED AND RELEASED AT 5:34 AM. THE SECOND CALL WAS RECEIVED AT 7:33 AM AND CLAIMED THAT BOMBS WERE ON UP TRAINS AND THAT BLOOD WOULD BE ON UP'S HANDS IF THE TRAINS RAN EASTBOUND. TRAINS WERE INSPECTED BUT TRAFFIC WAS BACKED UP DUE TO BOMB INSPECTIONS.