Suspicious bag shuts Atlanta airport screening
Posted on: Wednesday, 19 April 2006, 14:56 CDT
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Security officers found a suspected explosive in a carry-on bag and closed the main screening checkpoints at the busy Atlanta airport on Wednesday, aviation officials said.
Bomb squad officers were called to the scene after workers with the Transportation Security Administration found the suspicious bag shortly before 2 p.m., the agency said.
Flights were delayed and security checkpoints evacuated but the terminal at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport remained open, airport spokeswoman Felicia Browder told CNN.
Source: REUTERS
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