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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two concourses at the New Orleans international airport were evacuated Wednesday because of a suspicious package found in a men's restroom. A bomb squad found containers of gumbo in the box.
About 1,000 travelers flying Continental and Southwest airlines were moved to other concourses and went through security checks a second time, airport spokeswoman Michelle Duffourc said.
The package was found about 4:30 p.m. and the concourses were reopened about five hours later.
Officials said the box was suspicious because it was wrapped with newspaper clippings showing long lines of passengers at the airport.
Also, bomb-sniffing dogs "smelled something they were trained to smell," said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. He did not elaborate.
The package's owner had not been determined.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Two concourses at the New Orleans international airport were evacuated Wednesday because of a suspicious package found in a men's restroom. A bomb squad found containers of gumbo in the box.
About 1,000 travelers flying Continental and Southwest airlines were moved to other concourses and went through security checks a second time, airport spokeswoman Michelle Duffourc said.
The package was found about 4:30 p.m. and the concourses were reopened about five hours later.
Officials said the box was suspicious because it was wrapped with newspaper clippings showing long lines of passengers at the airport.
Also, bomb-sniffing dogs "smelled something they were trained to smell," said Jefferson Parish Sheriff Harry Lee. He did not elaborate.
The package's owner had not been determined.
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