Dog Sniffs Out Suspicious Bag at Miami Airport
Concourse evacuated as police investigate luggage
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MIAMI - AUGUST 10: People line up to be screened at the metal detectors and X-ray machines at the Miami International Airport August 10, 2006 in Miami, Florida. The Department of Homeland Security raised the terrorism alert to Red, the highest level, for commercial flights from Britain to the United States after an alleged terrorist plot to blow up planes was disrupted by British authorities. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Authorities investigated a suspicious bag at Miami International Airport Wednesday morning after a bomb-sniffing dog smelled something in a passenger's carry-on bag.
The incident happened at Concourse G after the passenger arrived on a Bahamas Air flight. The bomb squad was called in and as a precaution the concourse was evacuated.
A TSA spokesperson said the bag was finally cleared around 11 a.m. and said it contained no threat or explosives.
"This was an excellent hit by a TSA K-9 doing exactly what he was trained to do in keeping the traveling public safe," said TSA spokesperson Sari Koshetz.
