BOSTON (WHDH) - A wheeled suitcase that was emitting smoke as it passed through a baggage screening area at Boston’s Logan International Airport prompted an evacuation over the weekend, officials said.
As thousands of Thanksgiving travelers passed through the airport on Saturday, a blue plastic roller-bag with smoke rising from its seams caused a major disruption inside a baggage room, according to the Transportation Security Administration.
State police, firefighters, and a bomb squad were called in to inspect the suitcase, which belonged to a passenger who was ticketed to fly to Kansas City International Airport.
An investigation determined that the cause of the smoke was a lithium battery in an e-cigarette that had ignited.
The baggage room was evacuated for nearly an hour before normal procedural practices resumed. No other sections of the airport were impacted.
The passenger’s flight was also delayed.
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