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  • Oct 26th, 2005
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A "non-specific, non-credible" bomb threat has delayed flights at the Long Beach Airport in California, and a separate bomb threat at Orange County airport has been resolved, security officials said on Tuesday. Both airports are in southern California.

At Long Beach, "they are treating it as a non-specific, non-credible threat at the moment ... although the airport is being swept by canines," a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security said.

"Eight flights are affected. They normally open at 5 am (0800 EDT/1200 GMT) but they are now probably going to start opening between 7 am and 8 am," the spokesman said.

Officials could not give any additional details on the nature of the bomb threats.

Copyright Reuters, 2005


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