{"id":14918,"date":"2010-01-05T12:36:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-05T19:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/?p=14918"},"modified":"2010-07-27T17:09:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-28T00:09:25","slug":"trace-amount-of-explosives-close-meadows-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalterroralert.com\/trace-amount-of-explosives-close-meadows-field\/","title":{"rendered":"Trace Amount of Explosives Close Meadows Field"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> Reports now state the substance was honey.<\/p>\n

Kern County’s Meadows Field airport was shut down and the terminal was evacuated Tuesday morning after security device detected trace amounts of explosive material on a passenger’s bag.<\/p>\n

As of 10:50 a.m., cargo and private flights have been cleared, passenger flights still on hold.<\/p>\n

At 10:15, the Sheriff’s Department bomb squad sent a robot into the terminal.<\/p>\n

Two Transportation Security Administration agents were doing a routine swab of a piece of luggage when it tested positive for a hazardous substance, Deputy Michael Whorf, spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department, told CNN.<\/p>\n

The agents opened the bag, and both became nauseated, Whorf said. They were taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n

The owner of the bag, who was not immediately identified, was being detained and questioned, he said.<\/p>\n

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