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