Terminal Evacuated After Woman Walks Out on Tarmac

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SOURCE: KABC - abc7.com
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/news/051502_nw_lax_evacuation.html

Terminal Evacuated After Woman Walks Out on Tarmac

LOS ANGELES =97 A terminal at Los Angeles International Airport was=20
evacuated for nearly two hours tonight as law enforcement officials=20
tried to locate a woman who walked out on the tarmac.

L-A-X spokeswoman Nancy Castles says the evacuation of both floors of=20
Terminal One delayed eleven Southwest and America West flights and=20
affected about 800 passengers.

Castles says the woman, who was not found, walked out on the tarmac=20
after opening an alarmed door near the baggage area on the first floor.

She says the woman re-entered the terminal through a Jetway, bypassing=20=

the passenger screening area.

Terminal One houses flights by Southwest, America West and U-S Airways.=20=

Nine Southwest flights were delayed, along with two America West =
flights.

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