LAX Airport Briefly Closed
After Security Scare
Operations at Los Angeles International Airport were briefly disrupted Wednesday after police investigated what they described as a potential security threat. Auto traffic leading in and out of most of the airport was blocked briefly at about 11:30 a.m. Pacific time while police arrested a suspect and investigated a backpack found at the airport.
Numerous flights were delayed while a police explosives unit investigated the backpack and the suspect was taken in for questioning. At 1:02 p.m., police declared that the backpack had no explosives, according to airport spokeswoman Nancy Suey Castles.
Airport security and airline personnel were working to clear the backlog of passengers who had been unable to get to the terminal while the traffic block was in place.
Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said that no traces of explosives have been found on the suspect taken into custody, and that he would undergo psychological testing.
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