"Baltimore-Washington Concourse Evacuated"

Thursday, April 3, 2003

Two BWI Airport Concourses Are Evacuated 


LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - Two concourses at Baltimore-Washington International
Airport were evacuated for about an hour Thursday after a woman set off a
metal detector and refused to be screened again. 

Instead, she walked away, and screeners didn't catch her, said federal
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Heather Rosenker. 

Authorities closed the checkpoint and the two concourses it serves, she
said. Three flights were delayed while passengers unloaded and went through
security checkpoints a second time. 

Arriving flights were directed to other gates, said BWI spokeswoman Melanie
Miller. 

Miller said she didn't know how many passengers were rescreened while the
concourses were closed. 

Authorities never found the woman who set off the metal detector. Security
officials will review the incident and determine whether retraining is
necessary, Rosenker said. 

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