Unattended bag that led to airport alert determined safe

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

An unattended bag led officials to close a section of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport before determining there was no security threat.

Airport Director Robert Kennedy says a baggage porter had spotted the unattended bag in a ticketing and check-in zone Tuesday afternoon. The porter alerted airport security officials, who then notified Cleveland police.

Roads leading to the airport were closed off around 2 p.m. A K-9 unit and bomb squad were brought in to examine the bag.

Kennedy says flights continued taking off and landing. Kennedy says airport operations returned to normal about 4 p.m.