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Bakersfield airport closed by suspicious bag; honey found inside

The Meadows Field airport in Bakersfield, Calif., was shut down for several hours Tuesday after a checked bag set off security alarms. Five soft-drink bottles filled with honey were found in the bag.

The Washington Post | Published: 01/06/2010 01:35

Kern County Sheriff Donny Youngblood said the bottles tested positive for traces of the explosive TNT. Two Transportation Security Administration employees who were working near the bag were taken to a nearby hospital, where they were treated and released.

Investigators are trying to determine whether something in the honey or on the bag prompted the alarm, Youngblood said.

The bag's owner, a 31-year-old gardener from Milwaukee, told authorities that he had flown to Bakersfield to spend Christmas with his sister.

Meadows Field is a small airport serving domestic airlines and private aircraft in the San Joaquin Valley, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles.

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