Bomb threats hit two Los Angeles-area airports
Posted on: Tuesday, 25 October 2005, 10:40 CDT
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two Los Angeles-area airports received bomb threats early on Tuesday morning but searches turned up no explosives.
A bomb threat delayed flights at the Long Beach airport and a separate threat at nearby John Wayne Airport was resolved before flights were due to begin, officials said.
Long Beach airport police found no bomb following a search and flights were due to resume during the morning.
Orange County's John Wayne airport spokeswoman Jenny Wedge said it was unclear if the two threats were related. She said her airport received a "non-specific" threat around 3 a.m. (1000 EDT), but the airport opened on time after a police search found no bomb.
A threat was called in to the Long Beach Airport six minutes later, according to a Long Beach Police Department spokesman. The threat was treated as "non-specific" and "non-credible" a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said, who added that eight flights had been affected.
Officials gave no further details on the threats.
(Additional reporting by Caroline Drees in Washington)
Source: REUTERS
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