Bomb scare temporarily disrupts LA airport
Apr 17, 2014, 3:58 PM | Updated: 4:13 pm
Authorities have given the all-clear at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday morning, after a bag that a man claimed carried a bomb was searched.
Terminal 7 was partially evacuated, according to a news report.
LAX UPDATE: Bag has been cleared by police; nothing harmful found
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 17, 2014
#BREAKINGNEWS LAX Terminal 7 partially evacuated after man states he has bomb in bag; man in custody, bag being investigated
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) April 17, 2014
Earlier this week, an NFL player made a smart-aleck remark about bombs while he was at a security checkpoint at the airport. Aldon Smith of the San Francisco 49ers was detained.