Published September 11, 2011| Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Missouri - a former New York City police officer was arrested Sunday in the main of the Kansas City Airport, after detected security officials suspicious elements in his luggage, a local official with knowledge of the situation told Associated Press.
The official, who spoke the PA provided anonymity because he was not allowed to share the details with the media, said that the man had worked for NYPD for a short period, more than ten years ago. The fear of security arrived Sunday morning on the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11.
The man was arrested at 09: 30 at the checkpoint of Southwest Airlines at Kansas City International Airport. Transportation security officers who detected suspicious items in his bag requested to consider, and he was detained when he refused, said of the airline and law enforcement officials.
The suspicious elements tested negative for the explosives, according to a statement of the Transportation Security Administration. A bomb squad and sniffer dogs bomb remained on the scene Sunday afternoon, and passengers were being testing.
The spokesman for the FBI Bridget Patton refused to say which was carrying human, but she said that the bomb squad used a force of the water at high pressure to disrupt the package, allowing evidence to be preserved.
The man has the airport security guard, she said.
TSA has published a statement confirming that the area around the control point has been evacuated "out of" an abundance of caution. TSA officials did not respond to calls asking for more details, Sunday. Laura Brown, spokesman for the Federal Aviation Administration, referred questions to the TSA.
"It was chaos," said Jim Johnston, 56, an engineer of Portland, Oregon, went to Nashville, Tennessee, for businesses. "Katherine can't says that anything, except that he's afraid." "They took us to a Hall under construction and we waited it y 10-15 minutes, while trying to find what they were going to do with us."
The man was arrested as the ceremonies were password at the national level after the terrorist attacks of September 11. Four planes hijacked by nineteen men to is killed on the Pentagon, the World Trade Center and a field in Pennsylvania, killing around 3,000 people.
Early indications were that the incident does not appear to be related to terrorism, but the investigation is ongoing and no there was no official decision, according to an official of the application of law, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the current probe.
Parking for the parts of the terminal which have been closed and terminal where Southwest is located has reopened Sunday afternoon, said Patton. Passengers at the busy airport had been rerouted through control of a security, creating long lines and concern among some that they don't miss their flights.
Other that the delays caused by the closure of the point of control for a few hours, no flights were affected, Southwest, spokesman of the said Chris Mainz.
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