Pittsburgh International Airport security shut down due to grenade

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh International Airport briefly closed its security checkpoints and an internal commuter train after an inert hand grenade was found in a passenger’s bag.

Airport spokeswoman JoAnn Jenny says the checkpoints and train were shut down for about a half-hour early today after what looked like a grenade was found in a departing passenger’s carryon bag.

She says a bomb squad determined the grenade was inert at about 7:05 a.m. and reopened the checkpoints and train.

Transportation Safety Administration spokeswoman Ann Davis says the passenger told police the grenade was a present for his son.

She says the man from the Pittsburgh suburb of Beaver Falls used poor judgment but was released after police determined he wasn’t a threat. The man’s name wasn’t released. He was traveling to Philadelphia.