A SCARE AT THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT ON SUNDAY, 9-11. HUNDREDS OF PASSENGERS WERE KEPT FROM BOARDING THEIR FLIGHTS AND WERE STRANDED AFTER A SUSPICIOUS DEVICE WAS FOUND BY TSA AGENTS.
A SECURITY CHECK OF THE TERMINAL WAS CONDUCTED, FORCING PASSENGERS TO MISS THEIR FLIGHTS. THEY HAD TO BE BOOKED ON LATER FLIGHTS. IT ALSO MEANT SOME INCOMING PLANES COULDN’T LAND FOR MORE THAN A HOUR, WHICH KEPT THEM CIRCLING THE SUNPORT.
FBI SPOKESMAN FRANK FISHER SAYS THE SUSPICIOUS DEVICE WAS EVENTUALLY DETERMINED TO BE A FAKE BOMB … AND ONE MAN WAS ARRESTED.
