FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) – Authorities have arrested a man following a scare at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport that prompted the brief evacuation of a terminal.
According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, Angel Orlando Fernandez-Garcia claimed he had a bomb in his bag while at Terminal 4, Tuesday morning.
Officials evacuated both levels of the terminal to allow BSO’s Bomb Squad Unit to conduct a security sweep. No explosive device was found.
The scare did affect some travel plans. Traveler Donna Nicotera said she missed her flight.
“I’m very inconvenienced by that. Yup, I had plans, my family’s waiting on me,” she said.
Deputies detained Fernandez-Garcia and later placed him under arrest. The 35-year-old faces one count of false reporting of a bomb.
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