Old PlayStation in luggage sparks panic, evacuation at Boston airport
Global News
Panic ensued at Logan International Airport on Sunday after TSA workers spotted something suspicious in a checked bag.
Travellers at Boston’s Logan International Airport faced panic, confusion and plenty of delays on Easter Sunday after an evacuation was prompted over a suspicious item found in a piece of luggage.
The culprit? Nothing but an old, slightly degraded video game console.
Footage posted to Twitter shows dozens of people exiting the airport’s Terminal A just after 4 p.m. on Sunday.
“You have to exit, this is mandatory,” a person can be heard saying over the PA system, telling airport staff to also evacuate the area.
According to the Boston Globe, TSA agents were screening checked luggage when they found “a potentially suspicious item in a bag” and called in the State Police Bomb Squad to take a closer look.
“Troopers responded and, after investigation and research, determined that the item was a PlayStation video game console with a degraded condition caused by age or damage,” a statement from police said.
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