Posted on 01/15/2006 6:03:22 PM PST by NormsRevenge
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Part of a San Francisco International Airport terminal was evacuated for several hours Sunday after a suspicious item was found in a piece of luggage, officials said.
A baggage screener in the American Airlines section of Terminal 3 "noticed a suspicious item" in a passenger's carryon bag around 2 p.m., said airport spokesman Mike McCarron. Authorities would not say what exactly was found in the bag, but San Francisco police Lt. Bill Darr said "there were items, articles inside the carryon luggage that did resemble components of a possible device."
Two men and a woman, all from South Carolina, were detained for questioning, authorities said. They were headed on a flight back to South Carolina through Dallas.
The immediate area around the security checkpoint was evacuated and at least three afternoon flights were delayed as a bomb squad investigated, McCarron said. Officers destroyed the bag with a water cannon.
The terminal fully reopened at 5 p.m.
Pelosi's dildo, perhaps?
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