Long Beach Airport in California was evacuated for 90 minutes after the screeners spotted a suspicious item in the bag. Hundreds of people had to leave the airport with police blocking off the road, allowing firefighters and a bomb squad to investigate. Turns out it was a harmless Game Boy. A spokeswoman said it looks liked a explosive device. It was had all the wires and components that you would find in a bomb of some sort.

The main terminal of the Long Beach Airport in California was evacuated for about 90 minutes today after screeners spotted a suspicious item in a checked bag.
Hundreds of people were forced to evacuate and police blocked off roads due to what was considered a possible threat. Firefighters and the bomb squad were called in to determine if the threat was legitimate. All outbound flights were put on hold as well.

The suspicious item was then revealed to only be a Game Boy.

A spokeswoman for the Transportation Security Administration said, “It certainly was nothing but it certainly looked like something. It had all the wires and components that you would see in an explosive device.”

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