Update: Passengers Allowed Back Into Airport
By: KARK 4 News
Updated: November 1, 2012
5:35 p.m. Update:
Passengers are being allowed back into the Clinton National Airport, as the suspicious package has been examined and determined not to be threatening.
Officials say the box was full of personal items, and will now be sent for testing in an attempt to discover what triggered the reaction of the K-9s.
5:15 p.m. Update:
K-9s with the Little Rock Police Department sniffed out a suspicious package at the American Airlines baggage claim office around 2:45 Thursday afternoon.
Portions of the airport have been evacuated, including ticket and baggage areas.
Departing flights have also been temporarily halted.
Arriving flights are landing, but passengers are being led outside after they land.
Original Story:
A suspicious box was being examined at Little Rock's Clinton National Airport Thursday afternoon.
KARK 4 was told that package sniffing dogs alerted officers to a possible substance inside the box in the baggage claim area.
At last report, the box was being examined by an x-ray machine to make sure it wasn't dangerous.
Airport officials sectioned off the area, but did not evacuate the terminal.
Passengers are being allowed back into the Clinton National Airport, as the suspicious package has been examined and determined not to be threatening.
Officials say the box was full of personal items, and will now be sent for testing in an attempt to discover what triggered the reaction of the K-9s.
5:15 p.m. Update:
K-9s with the Little Rock Police Department sniffed out a suspicious package at the American Airlines baggage claim office around 2:45 Thursday afternoon.
Portions of the airport have been evacuated, including ticket and baggage areas.
Departing flights have also been temporarily halted.
Arriving flights are landing, but passengers are being led outside after they land.
Original Story:
A suspicious box was being examined at Little Rock's Clinton National Airport Thursday afternoon.
KARK 4 was told that package sniffing dogs alerted officers to a possible substance inside the box in the baggage claim area.
At last report, the box was being examined by an x-ray machine to make sure it wasn't dangerous.
Airport officials sectioned off the area, but did not evacuate the terminal.
