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.