Bomb scare at LAX
Airline passengers wait outside Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday afternoon. Authorities say a man walked up to officers on the upper-level roadway and said he was a terrorist and had a bomb. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Investigators with the Los Angeles police, L.A. Airport Police, Los Angeles Fire Department , FBI and K-9 units examine a vehicle that authorities said belonged to the suspect. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Two boys wait on the lower level at Terminal 3. Departing aircraft were held at their gates at Terminals 3, 4 and the Tom Bradley International Terminal, officials said. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Sean Martin, 7, of Vero Beach, Fla., waits in the shade of a sign post with his uncles away from the LAX arrival lanes. (Liz O. Baylen / Los Angeles Times)
Airport police officers block traffic on the lower level near Terminal 2 during Wednesday’s bomb scare. Officials who examined a black bag carried by the suspect said it contained junk. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
Police block the Tom Bradley International Terminal on Wednesday. Actor William Petersen, who plays the head investigator on TV’s “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” was waiting for a flight at the American Airlines terminal. “Whenever I’m in this situation, there’s usually a set,” he said. (Richard Hartog / Los Angeles Times)
