Uma falsa prenúncio de explosivo foi feita no Aeroporto Internacional de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood no domingo, 17 de dezembro de 2023.
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Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man they say made a false bomb threat at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport Sunday, which caused significant flight delays and a partial evacuation of a major terminal.
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Tyler Baeder, 27, is being held in county jail on $50,000 bond on one count of making a false report of explosives and a count of resisting officer without violence.
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Information about his legal representation was not immediately available.
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According to a BSO press release, deputies were called after Baeder, who is from Rhode Island, told an airport employee, “Call the cops. I have a bomb in my bag.”
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Detectives say he made the statement after having trouble using a kiosk to check the status of his flight.
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BSO deputies, including members of the Bomb Squad, responded to Terminal 1 around 5:30 p.m, and evacuated the terminal’s upper level. The departures entrance was also closed, the airport posted on X.
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Deputies took Baeder into custody, but parts of the terminal remained closed until around 8:30 p.m. while the incident was being investigated, the airport said in a statement.
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Dozens of flights out of FLL were delayed, according to the airport’s flight tracker.
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Terminal 1 airlines include United Airlines, Southwest Airlines, Allegiant Air, Alaska Airlines, Copa Airlines and Bahamasair.
David Goodhue cobre Florida Keys e sul da Flórida para FLKeysNews.com e Miami Herald. Antes de ingressar no Herald, ele cobriu o Congresso, a Dependência de Proteção Ambiental e o Departamento de Pujança em Washington, DC. Ele se formou na Universidade de Delaware.