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Bomb squad at Phoenix airport to check on suspicious image

Associated Press

PHOENIX – A Phoenix Police Department bomb squad is at Sky Harbor International Airport to check out a suspicious image at a security checkpoint.

Transportation Security Administration Michael England says the checkpoint was evacuated Monday morning. England says no additional information is immediately available.

Airport spokeswoman Julie Rodriguez says some American Airlines flights might be delayed.

Police spokesman Trent Crump confirmed that police are assisting TSA at the airport but declined to elaborate.

The checkpoint is in Terminal 4, which serves American and Southwest airlines.