SFO Terminal Cleared After Security Breach
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (CBS SF) - Terminal 3 at San Francisco International Airport was cleared Friday morning after an unauthorized access to the terminal, an airport spokesman said.
A person gained access to the terminal because of a "procedure breakdown" between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m. Friday, airport spokesman Mike McCarron said.
KCBS' Anna Duckworth Reports:
Everyone in the United Airlines domestic terminal was cleared, and had to go through security screenings again to reenter the terminal, McCarron said.
Passengers began reentering the terminal at around 5:30 a.m. Friday and the evacuation has caused long lines at security checkpoints.
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McCarron said that the airport expected to have the lines thinned out and to be back to normal operations by around 7:15 a.m.
While he could not comment on the nature of the unauthorized access, McCarron said that airport officials were currently interviewing the person who entered the terminal.
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