Hawaii Airport Evacuated After Inert Grenades Found in Japanese Traveler's Carry-On
The discovery led to a brief halt in operations and the arrest of the traveler on terroristic threatening charges.
- Transportation Security Administration staff detected the grenades during x-ray screening.
- The items were found to be inert, causing no actual threat.
- The traveler, Akito Fukushima, was arrested and remains in custody.
- Airport operations resumed approximately an hour after the evacuation.
- Authorities remind the public that replicas of explosives are prohibited in luggage.