LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A person has been taken into custody following a security breach at the Muhammad Ali International Airport.
Airport officials said the incident happened around 6:30 a.m. Sunday when a TSA checkpoint detected a gun in a man’s bag. The man then reached onto the belt, grabbing the bag and walked away from the security checkpoint and into the airport.
It forced the airport to delay other screenings and departing flights to find him.
The TSA located the man who was on a Southwest Airlines flight departing to Chicago.
Passengers on the plane were deplaned and rescreened before being allowed to board.
The person, who was not identified, was detained without incident.
The Louisville airport resumed operations around 7:45 a.m.
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