Associated Press
June 3, 2011
A suspicious and noisy package that caused evacuations Friday at Will Rogers Airport in Oklahoma City was eventually deemed harmless, but not before nearly two dozen flights were cancelled or delayed.
Officials gave the “all-clear” signal just before 2 p.m., enabling passengers to leave the terminal and flights to resume, airport spokeswoman Karen Carney said.
The package, a taped-up cardboard box, arrived on an incoming flight from Houston and was discovered at a baggage claim carousel around 9:15 a.m. Airport officials called police after hearing sounds coming from the box.
Everyone was ordered out of the ticket lobby and baggage claim levels, and a bomb squad was called in. Carney said more than 20 flights were delayed or cancelled.
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