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Article: Unattended Bag Causes Major Delays for Passengers at San Francisco Airport.

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October 18, 2001
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By Aaron Davis, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 18--Thousands of travelers and nearly 70 flights were delayed in and out of San Francisco Airport Wednesday morning when a bomb scare from an unattended bag sparked the airport's most hectic evacuation since Sept. 11.

The bag sent bomb squads running about 8 a.m. after a skycap noticed it sitting on the curb by a United Airlines' check-in. He sent the bag through a high-tech X-ray machine, which misinterpreted a camcorder and stack of magazines inside as a possible bomb.

After two hours, police determined the bag was safe and passengers returned to the ...

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