AIRPORT.
THAT'S THE WORD FROM THE STATE
TONIGHT AFTER AN INCIDENT THERE
CAUSED PANIC THIS
AFTERNOON.
HOWARD DASHEFSKY IS LIVE AT THE
SCENE WITH MORE ON WHAT
HAPPENED, AND WHAT'S
HAPPENING NOW.
TIM SAKAHARA, DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION: "IS NOT AND WAS
NOT EVER AN ACTIVE SHOOTER
SITUATION.. FALSE REPORT WAS
NEVER THE CASE
SHORTLY AFTER 2 O'CLOCK
OPERATIONS WERE GOING AS NORMAL
AT THE AIRPORT PRELININARY
INFORMAQTION 2 LAPTOP BATTERIES
THAT STARTED TO OVERHEAT
ONE OF THEM STARTED TO POP AND
EVEN STARTED TO SMOKE SO THERE
WAS THAT THAT HPEPENED FROM THAT
SITUATION IS WHAT WE'RE STILL
TRYING TO
DTERMINE WHERE THE PANIC
HAPPENED CUZ AT THAT POINT SOME
OF THE PASSENGERS MAY HAVE GONE
THROUGH THE SECURITY CHECKPOINT
WITHOUT BEING SCREENED AT THAT
POINT OFFICIALS WERE CALLED
FIREFIGHTERS, POLICE THE LAPTOP
DID MALFUNCTION START TO SMOKE
FROM THERE IT
HAPPENED AT CHECKPOINT 3
TERMINAL 2 WAS CLOSED PEOPLE
WERE TOLD TO EXIT THAT AREA AS
AUTHORITIES LOOKED INTO WHAT
HOWARD: YOU WERE ON THE PLANE
READY TO GO?
VISITOR: YES
HOWARD: QUESTION ABOUT HOW
PEOPLE REACTED.
VISITOR: EVERYBODY WAS PRETTY
CALM."
"...A LAPTOP IN A TRAVELER'S
CARRY-ON LUGGAGE OVERHEATED AT A
SECURITY CHECKPOINT IN TERMINAL
2 AT DANIEL K. INOUYE
CREATED CONFUSION AND SOME
TRAVELERS RAN INTO THE STERILE
ARE OF THE AIRPORT WITHOUT BEING
SCREENED. OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION, TSA LEADERSHIP MADE THE
DECISION TO EVACUATE TERMINAL 2
AND
RE-SCREEN ALL PASSENGERS."
JUSTIN: