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False alarm at Kelowna airport

False alarm at Kelowna airport | iNFOnews.ca
The Kelowna Airport where a frantic mother had a close call when her baby locked the car doors with her on the outside. Credit: SOURCE/kelowna.ca

KELOWNA – It didn’t turn out to be anything dangerous like a bomb, but the security officials at the Kelowna International Airport weren’t taking any chances.

At 11:42 a.m. Thursday, a suspicious item was found in a piece of checked luggage going through the screening system.

The RCMP were called.

Part of the airport terminal building was evacuated for about 40 minutes while the police investigated.

They opened up the bag, checked inside and declared the item not to be dangerous.

No one is saying what the item was and what security thought it was.

No passengers were impacted by the false alarm and no commercial flights were delayed.

To contact the reporter for this story, email halexander@infotelnews.ca or call 250-491-0331.

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Howard Alexander

Howard Alexander

Assistant Editor Howard Alexander comes to iNFOnews.ca from the broadcasting side of the media business.

Howard has been a reporter, news anchor, talk show host and news director, first in Saskatchewan and then the Okanagan.

He moved his family to Vernon in the 90s and is proud to call the Okanagan home.

If you have an event to share contact Howard at 250-309-5343or email halexander@infonews.ca.

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