Miami airport terminal reopened after false bomb scare
MIAMI (AP) -- A Miami International Airport terminal was evacuated briefly early Monday when authorities checked on a possible explosive device that turned out to be a false alarm.
A watch, cremated human remains and other items in a box got the attention of screeners, but police determined they were harmless, said Transportation Security Administration spokesman Christopher White. The box was spotted in an X-ray machine scanning checked luggage near a United Airlines ticket counter, officials said.
"It was a collection of items that, in total, raised our officers' suspicions to a level of contacting the Miami-Dade (County police) bomb squad," White said. He declined to specify what other items were in the box.
Hundreds of passengers milled around on the median outside Terminal F with their luggage from about 5:45 a.m. until police gave the all-clear around 7:30 a.m.
The terminal serves United, AirTran Airways and other carriers. The evacuation delayed six flights, affecting about 2,000 passengers, airport spokesman Marc Henderson said.
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