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LaGuardia
Powder Incident
NEW YORK (AP)
- Six LaGuardia airport baggage screeners were
decontaminated and part of a terminal was
evacuated after a vial of white powder was
discovered in a piece of luggage checked by a
woman heading to Dallas, authorities
said.
Hazmat teams determined
the substance in the vial was not harmful, but
the screeners were decontaminated as a
precaution, according to Heather Rosenker, a
spokeswoman for the Transportation Security
Administration.
The vial was
found during a hand search of the luggage,
prompting Port Authority police to rope off part
of the terminal near the ticketing counter, as
well as a nearby food court.
The
woman who checked the bag had boarded the
American Airlines flight to Dallas before law
enforcement officials could reach her for
questioning, Rosenker said.
The
plane landed at about 1:45 p.m.
CST.
The FBI in Dallas did not
immediately return a call.
(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All
Rights Reserved.)
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