Southwest flights stopped at Sac International over lost bag

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SACRAMENTO, CA - Southwest Airlines flights out of Sacramento International Airport were stopped for nearly two hours Sunday while Transportation Security Administration personnel worked to find luggage that triggered a security alarm, then disappeared, according to a TSA spokesman.

The incident started around 3:30 p.m. when a bag going through airport screening procedures triggered an inspection alarm, TSA spokesman Ron Pelayo said.

However, an apparent glitch in the screening process allowed the bag to continue down the Southwest Airlines bag belt, Pelayo said.

After a computer alerted inspectors to the missing bag, at least five Southwest flights out of Terminal A were held while TSA officials looked for the bag, Sacramento International Airport spokeswoman Gina Swankie said.

Passengers with tickets for flights headed to Las Vegas, Orange County, San Diego, Onterio and Burbank were not allowed to board and flights were delayed during the search.

A team using an explosives-sniffing dog rescreened all the baggage and nothing suspicious was found, Pelayo said. It was not immediately clear whether the bag that triggered the alarm was ever located.

Passengers began boarding and all flights were allowed to continue to their destinations just before 5:30 p.m.

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