The post Pennsylvania Airport Closed After Suspicious Package Is Found in Checked Bag appeared first on New York Times. He was charged with possession of an explosive in an airport and possessing or attempting to place an explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft Muffley’s checked bag was about three inches in diameter and made of commercial grade fireworks powder and flash powder. Muffley left the airport five minutes after being asked to report to the security desk.Īccording to a criminal complaint, the explosive found in Mr. After going through security screening at the airport, the authorities said Mr. in the 3600 block of West Fullerton Avenue, according to Chicago Police. Police received the report of a suspicious object about 10:30 a.m. Ogilvie Transportation Center in Chicago was evacuated and Metra trains halted as police investigated a suspicious package in the train station Monday. The authorities said Marc Muffley, of Lansford, Pa., checked a bag at the Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday that was flagged by an alarm system. LOGAN SQUARE A suspicious package that prompted the shut down of Fullerton and Central Park avenues in Logan Square Wednesday morning turned out to be drugs, not an explosive device, police said. The evacuation came just days after a 40-year-old man was arrested on federal charges after checking a suitcase containing an explosive for a flight to Florida from the Lehigh Valley International Airport in Allentown, Pa. It was unclear which Chicago airport the checked bag was headed for. The airport was closed and the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop while the checked bag was being inspected. Lisa Farbstein, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman, said the police, bomb technicians and F.B.I. State College, which is about 135 miles east of Pittsburgh, is home to Penn State. In Chicago, cargo terminals for both UPS and FedEx at O'Hare International Airport were. The airport was closed to passengers and flights. Another suspicious package was discovered on a truck crossing one of the bridges into New York City. Law enforcement officials and an explosives device team arrived at the airport to inspect the checked bag, while about 100 passengers were taken to Penn State University nearby to take shelter, the police said. Migrant crisis puts more pressure on Chicago finances as state budget offers less than sought. after a suspicious item was detected by airport security, the Penn State University Police and Public Safety Department said on Twitter. The passenger terminal at the University Park Airport in State College, Pa., was evacuated “out of an abundance of caution” around 6:30 p.m.
About 100 people were evacuated on Friday night from a small airport in Pennsylvania after a suspicious package was detected in checked luggage on a flight bound for Chicago, the second such episode in days after a similar evacuation at another small airport.
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