‘Suspicious Item’ Closes Miami Airport
- Posted on September 3, 2010 at 7:11am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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USA Today, CBS, and the Associated Press are reporting that four of Miami International Airport‘s six concourses were closed and evacuated last night after a TSA screener spotted something suspicious in a passenger’s checked bag.
According to the TSA, the owner of the bag has been found and is in custody. The concourses were closed for about seven hours, and about 100 to 200 passengers were evacuated initially.
“Everything’s back to normal,” airport spokesman Greg Chin said soon after the closed concourses reopened around 4 am ET. The TSA would not comment on what the item may have been, but the bomb squad was called to the scene.
UPDATE:
The Associated Press is reporting that the object found in the checked baggage is a metal canister, which looked like a pipe bomb and belongs to a 70-year-old scientist. The man has been detained and is being interviewed.
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FoxRules
Posted on September 5, 2010 at 11:25amSuspicious item? Absentee Ballot from a Veteran perhaps?
Report Post »Justme22
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:10pmseven hours is a very long time to close an airport !!
Report Post »Lionheart
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 1:03pmMy goodness ,,,, janet nipolitano must be very proud .
Report Post »Suzanne Winter
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 12:23pmWas Ed Schultz in Miami yesterday? *grin*
Report Post »viking1470
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:41amhmmmmmmm must have been a full tube of toothpaste — they always take it away from me
Report Post »sbugzmom
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 8:54am2 Middle Eastern men who had lots of cash, watches strapped to bottle of Pepto, watches strapped together, knives and box cutters in their luggage AND changed itineraries…..hunky dory.
70-year old scientist, traveling with a metal container….shut down teh airportz, itz a bomb!
Report Post »sawgunner1
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:48amThey let those guys go yesterday. Not enough evidence!
Report Post »4mykids
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:40pmHe had been arrested in the past for attempting to board with a restricted substance, can’t remember what it was, along the lines of antrax type..
Report Post »sawgunner1
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 8:15amIt seems like this is the norm any more with any “possible terrorism” story. . We only get 1/10th of the story and then it kind of fades from view.
Report Post »LadyIzShy
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 7:50amwondering what was the article and how long before the DOJ lets this one go?
Report Post »dugirl232
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 7:28amBarney? Was it Barney Frank?
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