Home : News : Strange :

Photo

File photo.

Regular Photo Size

More Featured Content

Photos: What to buy with $600 million

Some of the items worth buying after winning the Powerball …

Who let the dogs out? Intoxicated woman

Laurel County Sheriff John Root says in a statement that a …

60 injured after car drives into parade

An emergency official says about 50 to 60 people were injured …

Twin reviews in Boston bombing

Boston's police department and mayor's office will conduct twin…

Some Texas residents returning home days after deadly tornado

Residents returning home after tornado

Residents of tornado-ravaged Texas town returning home.

Battery-powered toothbrush prompts airport scare

A bomb squad responded

Updated: Friday, 04 Jan 2013, 10:13 AM CST
Published : Friday, 04 Jan 2013, 10:13 AM CST

ATLANTA (AP) — The tick-tick-ticking sound of a bag alarmed employees at the world's busiest airport, but it has turned out to be nothing more than a passenger's toothbrush.

The battery-powered toothbrush was responsible for the sound that gave rise to fears of a bomb at Atlanta's airport Friday morning. It led police to cordon off a section of the north terminal while a bomb squad responded.

Airport spokeswoman Myrna White says AirTran employees heard the ticking sound after the bag was dropped off shortly before 7:30 a.m. at the airline's kiosk, near the curbs where cars and buses pull up to the north terminal. White said some travelers were diverted to the south terminal and normal operations in the area resumed by 8:10 a.m.