Airport evacuated after passenger sets off detector, walks away

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Airport evacuated after passenger sets off detector, walks away

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) =97 Two concourses at Baltimore-Washington International=
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Airport were evacuated for about an hour Thursday after a woman set off a=20
metal detector and refused to be screened again.  Instead, she walked away,=
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and screeners didn't catch her, said federal Transportation Security=20
Administration spokeswoman Heather Rosenker.  Authorities closed the=20
checkpoint and the two concourses it serves, and planes that already had=20
loaded passengers from the concourses were held at the gates, she said.=20
Arriving flights were directed to other gates, said BWI spokeswoman Melanie=
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Miller.  Three flights remained delayed after the concourses reopened,=20
officials said.  Miller said she didn't know how many passengers were=20
re-screened while the concourses were closed.


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