Explosive Device Discovered At TSA Checkpoint At Tulsa International Airport

An explosive device was found at Tulsa International Airport Wednesday afternoon, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

Wednesday, August 18th 2010, 5:34 pm

By: News On 6


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TULSA, OK – An explosive device was found at Tulsa International Airport Wednesday afternoon, according to the Transportation Security Administration.

Tulsa International Airport described the device as a "novelty item."

The incident happened about 4 p.m. at the airport's central security checkpoint.

TSA cleared passengers from the checkpoint for about 15 minutes while the item was "containerized" and moved to a remote location.

The airport was not shut down during the incident. No flights were affected.

Operations returned to normal a short time later.

No one was injured.

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