BELLINGHAM, Wash. — The Bellingham International Airport was evacuated Sunday evening.
A bomb squad was at the airport investigating after screeners got "a positive swab for explosives," police said.
The item swabbed was luggage left unattended. By Sunday evening, police had determined the luggage was "completely empty."
At least one flight was impacted, according to police. Operations were beginning to resume as normal at about 5:15 p.m.
Around 300 passengers were allowed to stay in a post-screening area during the investigation, "far from the area of concern," police said.
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1 of 2 @BellinghamPD bomb squad is arriving at Bellingham Intl Airport. Screeners got a positive swab for explosives. We are checking it.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
Update. There are about 300 passengers in the post screening area. They are fine and far from the area of concern.
— Bellingham Police (@BellinghamPD) October 9, 2016
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