"Los Angeles Airport Terminal Evacuated After Security Breach"

Monday, August 16, 2004

Los Angeles Airport Terminal Evacuated After Security Breach
Bloomberg News

 
A terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was partially evacuated
after an unidentified man caused a security breach. 

Twenty-one incoming flights and 21 outgoing flights were delayed and one
flight was canceled as airport security tried to locate the man, airport
spokeswoman Nancy Castles said. Passengers were re-screened starting at
7:21 p.m. local time and the remaining delays should be resolved later
tonight, she said. 

Luggage screeners recognized a credit card-sized knife in the man's
carry-on bag as it passed through an X-ray machine, said Nico Melendez,
a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration. Before the
bag could be visually inspected, the man had picked it up and gone into
the terminal, Melendez said. The man hasn't been apprehended, he said. 

The evacuation occurred at the airport's Terminal Four, which is used by
AMR Corp.'s American Airlines and American Eagle, Castles said. Between
4,000 and 5,000 passengers were affected by the delays, she said.


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