TSA: Flights from Bakersfield airport suspended after hazardous material found in bag
By APTuesday, January 5, 2010
TSA: Hazardous material shuts Bakersfield airport
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Federal officials have suspended flights going to and from the Bakersfield airport after hazardous material was found in luggage there.
Suzanne Trevino, a spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration, says the material was found in a checked bag. The discovery closed down the airport around 8:20 a.m. PST Tuesday, and officials called in a hazardous material crew and bomb squad as a precaution.
Trevino won’t immediately confirm what was found in the bag, but says it was not a bomb and that officials don’t believe the incident is terrorism-related.
At least one SkyWest Airlines flight from San Francisco has been diverted to Los Angeles.
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