An Air Canada passenger enraged over a carry-on fee told an agent he had a bomb in his bag — prompting delays and cancellations to dozens of flights and shutting down a Florida airport for hours over the unfounded threat, authorities said. Wegal Rosen, a 74-year-old resident of Toronto and […]
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Part of Fort Lauderdale airport evacuated after bomb threat
A Florida airport was partially evacuated for several hours Saturday after a bomb threat, police said. The Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport closed down two terminals “as a precaution,” authorities said. About three hours later, the airport’s official account tweeted that the ” security incident is cleared.” A local deputy said the lockdown was in response to […]
Bomb threat briefly shuts down Florida Capitol Thursday
A Florida man was arrested for threatening to blow up the Sunshine State’s capitol building, forcing authorities to lock down the statehouse for nearly an hour early Thursday, police said. Mark Wayne Clark, 61, was nabbed at a Tallahassee bar late Wednesday after police received a report of a bomb […]