Passengers are now being allowed back into the LAX following a brief evacuation after suspicious bags were discovered at three terminals Wednesday.
Some flight delays have been reported because of the evacuations, particularly in Terminal 6, LAX spokeswoman Mary Grady said.
“People should definitely check with their airlines especially if they are on an airline that is flying out of Terminal 6,” she said.
The airlines reporting delays are American, Alaska, Delta and Virgin America, she said.
Airport officials briefly evacuated the ticketing areas in Terminal 6 and Terminal 7 following the discovery of two suspicious bags.
In Terminal 6, a TSA dog discovered the suspicious bag and, in Terminal 7, a bag was left unattended, LAX officials said. The suspicious bag alerted by the TSA dog was in a non-public area, officials said.
The suspicious bags at these terminals have been cleared, Grady said.
As operations were getting back to normal, however, an unattended bag was found in a men’s restroom in Terminal 5. The area has been blocked off, and the item will be checked out, Grady said.
Passengers were being allowed to move through the concourse and no evacuation has been ordered, she said.
The scare comes as the busy holiday travel season picks up. Wednesday and Friday are expected to be the busiest days at LAX, with about 239,000 people expected to pass through the airport on those days.
The traffic at the airport was already busy with holiday travellers early Wednesday morning, Airport Police said.
LAX is expected to be the third-busiest airport in the country over the holiday season, behind Atlanta and Chicago, but the busiest origin-and-destination airport, meaning more passengers will start or end their travel at LAX than any other airfield.
