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Security alert at Miami airport | Security alert at Miami airport |
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The main airport in the US city of Miami has been evacuated after authorities found what they described as a "possible explosive device". | |
The device was found during luggage screening at the airport's F terminal, officials said. | |
All passengers and staff have been told to leave the airport, some eight miles (13km) north-west of Miami, while bomb disposal experts investigate. | |
The terminal serves United Airlines domestic and international flights. | The terminal serves United Airlines domestic and international flights. |
"A possible explosive device showed up in an X-ray machine at the checkpoint," airport spokesman Greg Chin told the Associated Press news agency. | |
Television footage showed hundreds of passengers, some with luggage, and airport staff gathered along roads leading to the terminal. |