Airport terminal closed: passenger claims bomb

Airport terminal closed: passenger claims bomb

Airport terminal in Oakland, California closed on Sunday after delayed passenger claims to have bomb in his bag.

a group of people waiting for their luggage at an airport: A handful of travelers make their way through Terminal 1 at Oakland International Airport in Oakland, Calif. Thursday, January 30, 2020. The airport has had a year of ups and downs, with large airlines such as Norwegian and JetBlue rerouting away from Oakland and to SFO, but at the same time Southwest has expanded its services out of Oakland to Hawaii, leaving the promise of even more travelers making their way through the terminals of Oakland International Airport.© Jessica Christian / The Chronicle

 The following written content by Michael Williams 

Upset over a delayed flight, a passenger at Oakland International Airport on Sunday told airline employees that he had a bomb in his bag — prompting one of the airport’s two terminals to be evacuated.

The threat was unfounded, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said in a Twitter post, and the man was arrested.

The incident happened around noon, authorities said. Deputies found the man and arrested him “after a brief struggle.”

Terminal 1 at Oakland Airport was temporarily shut down until a sheriff’s office bomb squad found the man’s bags. Read more from MSN,

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