IP: L.A. Airport Terminals Evacuated thought the Feds were now in charge (or maybe that explains ...)

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

L.A. Airport Terminals Evacuated

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 10:47 a.m. ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The discovery of an unplugged metal detector forced the 
evacuation of at least four terminals at Los Angeles International Airport 
early Thursday and delayed several flights, authorities said.
Hundreds of airline passengers were sent to be rescreened at security 
checkpoints after authorities discovered the metal detector wasn't working, 
said Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Jerry Snyder.
``One of the metal detectors was found unplugged,'' Snyder said. ``We do 
not know if it was malicious or not.''
Between four and eight terminals on the south side of the airport were 
evacuated as a precaution about 5:30 a.m. Passengers began the rescreening 
process about 45 minutes later.
Some outgoing flights were delayed but it wasn't immediately known how 
many, airport spokesman Tom Winfrey said.



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