Garlic Forces Passengers From Philadelphia Int'l Airport

Dozens of passengers were evacuated when a bag being checked set off an alarm. Fire trucks and the bomb squad were called in. The all-clear was sounded after the baggage turned out to contain garlic paste.
Dec. 1, 2005

Dozens of passengers were evacuated into the rainy night at Philadelphia International Airport by a bomb scare. A bag being checked for an American Airlines flight set off an alarm at Terminal A-East around 7 p.m. Wednesday night.

Fire trucks and the bomb squad were called in, and the all-clear was sounded about two hours later - after the baggage in question turned out to contain garlic paste.

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Information from: WPVI-TV, http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi

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