{"id":365213,"date":"2025-12-23T08:22:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365213\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T08:22:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T08:22:20","slug":"bwi-marshall-temporarily-paused-security-screenings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365213\/","title":{"rendered":"BWI-Marshall temporarily paused security screenings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHoliday passengers experienced a slight hiccup Monday morning as screenings were briefly paused at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.Airport officials released the following statement about the incident:&#8221;Screening at Security Checkpoints A, B and C was briefly suspended after 8 a.m. due to a law enforcement investigation. Law enforcement has now given the all-clear. Screening and regular operations have resumed. We thank passengers for their patience.&#8221;Since the incident, things have moved smoothly at BWI-Marshall.With suitcases packed, four-year-old Zoey Stull, six-year-old Maya Stull and their parents are ready.&#8221;I&#8217;d like to go to Disney World,&#8221; said Zoey Stull, who said she wasn&#8217;t worried about traveling on Monday.Airport officials said more than 35,000 passengers departed from BWI-Marshall on Monday. For some passengers, there were a few frustrations, flight delays and cancellations.&#8221;Chaos,&#8221; said Alethia Finch. &#8220;I arrived for my flight, it had been rerouted to LAX. Cancelled flight. I would have arrived in Los Angeles at 2:50 p.m. We are going to Disneyland. So, now I&#8217;m going to San Antonio.&#8221;Anna Lefevre said she didn&#8217;t have any major concerns, even while traveling with kids.The Stull family said ticketing and checkpoint lines moved quickly.&#8221;I was very concerned. I knew this was going to be a record-breaking year, so I&#8217;m excited. It seems to be doing good here at (BWI-Marshall). I&#8217;m relieved,&#8221; said Leah Stull.&#8221;We&#8217;re just excited to get to Disney World and celebrate our first Disney Christmas,&#8221; said Jake Stull.AAA said 2.4 million Marylanders are traveling over the extended holiday, including those traveling by train or driving.&#8221;Gas prices are good,&#8221; said Ragina Ali, with AAA. &#8220;Trending in Maryland about 10 cents less this year than last year. Welcomed news to people who are driving to their holiday destinations.WBAL-TV 11 News has observed gas prices as low as $2.50 per gallon for regular.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tLINTHICUM, Md. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Holiday passengers experienced a slight hiccup Monday morning as screenings were briefly paused at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.<\/p>\n<p>Airport officials released the following statement about the incident:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Screening at Security Checkpoints A, B and C was briefly suspended after 8 a.m. due to a law enforcement investigation. Law enforcement has now given the all-clear. Screening and regular operations have resumed. We thank passengers for their patience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Since the incident, things have moved smoothly at BWI-Marshall.<\/p>\n<p>With suitcases packed, four-year-old Zoey Stull, six-year-old Maya Stull and their parents are ready.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d like to go to Disney World,&#8221; said Zoey Stull, who said she wasn&#8217;t worried about traveling on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Airport officials said more than 35,000 passengers departed from BWI-Marshall on Monday. For some passengers, there were a few frustrations, flight delays and cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Chaos,&#8221; said Alethia Finch. &#8220;I arrived for my flight, it had been rerouted to LAX. Cancelled flight. I would have arrived in Los Angeles at 2:50 p.m. We are going to Disneyland. So, now I&#8217;m going to San Antonio.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anna Lefevre said she didn&#8217;t have any major concerns, even while traveling with kids.<\/p>\n<p>The Stull family said ticketing and checkpoint lines moved quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very concerned. I knew this was going to be a record-breaking year, so I&#8217;m excited. It seems to be doing good here at (BWI-Marshall). I&#8217;m relieved,&#8221; said Leah Stull.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re just excited to get to Disney World and celebrate our first Disney Christmas,&#8221; said Jake Stull.<\/p>\n<p>AAA said 2.4 million Marylanders are traveling over the extended holiday, including those traveling by train or driving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gas prices are good,&#8221; said Ragina Ali, with AAA. &#8220;Trending in Maryland about 10 cents less this year than last year. Welcomed news to people who are driving to their holiday destinations.<\/p>\n<p>WBAL-TV 11 News has observed gas prices as low as $2.50 per gallon for regular. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holiday passengers experienced a slight hiccup Monday morning as screenings were briefly paused at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17862,179673,179682,179674,146745,4,450,179676,146741,146742,451,179680,6270,179677,3,9585,35674,179683,2853,179675,179679,179678,179681,16329,452,453,153490],"class_list":["post-365213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-a-m","tag-airport-backup","tag-all-clear","tag-b-and-c","tag-baltimore-washington-international-thurgood-marshall-airport","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-briefly-suspended","tag-bwi","tag-bwi-airport","tag-headlines","tag-holiday-passenger","tag-investigation","tag-law-enforcement-investigation","tag-news","tag-official","tag-patience","tag-regular-operation","tag-report","tag-security-checkpoints-a","tag-security-screening","tag-security-screenings","tag-slight-hiccup-monday-morning","tag-statement","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-tsa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=365213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}