Suspicious device prompts PDX Airport shut down
04:25 PM PST on Monday, January 5, 2004
By JIM PARKER, kgw.com Staff
A suspicious device found at Portland International Airport Monday afternoon prompted the closure of three out of five airport concourses, officials said.
Officers with the Portland Police Bomb Squad were on scene at the airport to inspect the device.
Bomb Squad arrives at PDX Airport. (KGW Photo)
Concourses A, B and C were all shut down as a result of the discovery, authorities said. Two concourses on the opposite side of the airport, D & E, remained open.
The impact on incoming and outgoing flights was not immediately known.
Alaska and Horizon airlines operate out of concourses A & B, while carriers Frontier, Northwest and Southwest all operate out of concourse B.
No other details were immediately available.
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