Airport Is Evacuated in Security Incident
The main terminal at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was evacuated for three hours after a security incident involving a passenger waiting to board an airliner.
Airport Police Chief Chuck Melville said the man passed the main checkpoint, but during a random search at the gate, Comair employees found marijuana.
“He alleged he had a penknife, but no penknife was found,” Melville said. The statement alone prompted the evacuation.
Earlier Sunday, U.S. Department of Transportation spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen had said a screener found a cigar-cutting knife in the man’s boot and that the man then ran into a secure area. Officials could not immediately explain the discrepancy.
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