Wayward baggage handler causes Pa. security scare

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two US Airways workers loading a Bermuda-bound plane grew suspicious of whether another baggage handler was allowed be near the jet and confronted him today, leading the man to flee and forcing transportation security officials to remove passengers and re-scan all their luggage.

More than 100 passengers and five crew members were taken off US Airways Flight 1070 for more than four hours over the security issue.

The Philadelphia baggage handlers told their bosses when they saw a co-worker who was not assigned to be near the plane, FBI spokesman J.J. Klaver said.

"When they asked him to leave, he drove away from the plane in a baggage loading-vehicle," he said.

The person had not been identified or located since, Klaver said. Officials believe he was authorized to be in that section of the airport, but not at that particular place.