The Customs area at a Detroit airport was briefly shut down Saturday after a passenger claimed he had contaminated everyone on a flight with a biological agent, officials said.
Meanwhile, in Dallas, officials evacuated part of a terminal airport because a suitcase was smoking and leaking liquid.
At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, a U.S. citizen got of a Northwest Airlines flight and implied to the crew he had a biological agent of some sort and had contaminated the flight, U.S. Customs agent Ron Smith said.
Airport emergency medical technicians examined the man and decided that he did not pose a health risk. He was eventually allowed to leave, Smith said.
Meanwhile, officials evacuated portions of a terminal at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport for about three hours while officials inspected a suitcase emitting smoke and liquid.
Authorities tracked down the bag's owner and determined the suspicious item was an aerosol hairspray can.
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