LaGuardia terminal reopens after bomb sniffer cries wolf

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () bsf-llc com>]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060310/ts_nm/security_laguardia_dc 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines' domestic terminal at LaGuardia Airport
was evacuated for about two hours on Friday because of a security scare,
officials said. 

A spokeswoman from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration in
Washington said departing flights had resumed at about 5 p.m. (2200 GMT)
after the alert turned out to be a false alarm triggered when a man's shoes
set off a security screening device meant to detect explosives.

The TSA said the man walked away from the checkpoint at about 3 p.m. (2000
GMT), apparently unaware that his shoes had set off an alarm. The man was
not located but the alert proved to be a false alarm.

...

McCauley said the screening device sometimes is triggered by substances
other than explosives, including traces of fertilizer that can be found on
the bottom of shoes.

...



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