AIR TERMINAL EVACUATED AFTER SECURITY INCIDENT

The main terminal at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport was
evacuated for three hours Sunday after a security incident involving a
passenger waiting to board an airliner. Airport Police Chief Chuck Melville
said the man passed the main checkpoint, but during a random search at the
gate, Comair employees found marijuana.

"He alleged he had a penknife, but no penknife was found," Melville said.

The statement alone prompted the evacuation, Melville said. The terminal
was searched with bomb-sniffing dogs during the shutdown and thousands of
passengers were re-screened after the terminal reopened, said airport
official Ted Bushelman.