• Font Size    
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

Suspicious Package Causes Delays At Love Field

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +   
Jun 21, 2009 5:27 pm US/Central

Suspicious Package Causes Delays At Love Field

Reporting
Bud Gillett
DALLAS (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ― A suspicious bag at baggage claim caused delays at Love Field Sunday afternoon.

A bomb sniffing dog hit on a package inside a green bag around 2:45 Sunday afternoon while walking rounds.  The package was secured while the Dallas Police Bomb Squad was called in.  Love Field officials say the bomb squad took the package to a safe area to determine what was inside.

Southwest Airlines officials say the bag caused delays to the airline as planes flying in to Love Field had to be held at their departing airports, but no flights were diverted away from Love Field.   The airline said 21 departures from Love Field were also slightly delayed as passengers were not able to get to their gates.

Once the device was removed airport and airline officials said operations began returning to normal and that any continued delays caused by the day were minimal.

Dallas Police say the package was determined not to be an explosive device. 

(© MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.)

You need the latest Flash player to view video content.
Click here to download.

Click here to bypass this detection if you already have the latest Flash Player.

Breaking News Alerts

Top News Stories

© MMIX, CBS Stations Group of Texas L.P. All Rights Reserved.