Security Scare Briefly Halts Flights To And From Berlin Airport

Passengers stand in front of the annunciator panel as all flights are canceled at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Hundreds of flights flights were canceled in Europe as winds blew the cloud of ash from the Grimsvotn volcano over parts of northern Europe. Experts say that particles in the ash could stall jet engines and sandblast planes' windows. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)
Passengers stand in front of the announcement panels as all flights are canceled at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Hundreds of flights were canceled in Europe as winds blew the cloud of as... Passengers stand in front of the announcement panels as all flights are canceled at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, May 25, 2011. Hundreds of flights were canceled in Europe as winds blew the cloud of ash from the Grimsvotn volcano over parts of northern Europe. Experts say that particles in the ash could stall jet engines and sandblast planes' windows. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer) MORE LESS
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BERLIN (AP) — Flights to and from Berlin’s Tegel airport were briefly suspended Saturday after police cleared a terminal to investigate a suspicious suitcase.

The airport operator said shortly after midday that flights to Tegel were being diverted as officers examined a piece of unclaimed baggage at Terminal B.

About 20 minutes later the operator and federal police announced flights would resume.

German news agency dpa cited a police spokesman saying the suitcase had proved to be “harmless.”

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