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LAX Cargo Facility Reopened After Bomb Squad Examines Suspicious Package

LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CBSLA.com)  Authorities on Thursday evening reopened a Southwest Airlines cargo facility that was briefly evacuated due to a bomb scare.

The facility was evacuated shortly before 7 p.m., when the LAPD bomb squad arrived to examine a suspicious package. No flights or passengers were affected by the evacuation, LA Airport Police said.

The suspicious material was identified as medical equipment and tubing.

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