Traffic & Transit
Security Breach At Sea-Tac Airport Briefly Halts Flights
Flights and satellite trains were placed on hold while police cleared the breach, the airport said.
SEATAC, WA — A security breach at Sea-Tac Airport Thursday morning briefly froze activity at the airport, according to reports from travelers and airport officials. The breach reportedly happened in the B concourse, which is on the south side of the main terminal.
Around 9:10 a.m., the airport wrote on Twitter the breach had been "cleared" by police.
"Sitting in a plane at Sea-Tac Airport and our pilot just announced there has been a security breach in the B concourse and no planes will be leaving the airport until situation is cleared," wrote Joshua Trujillo, a former Seattle Post-Intelligencer photographer, on Twitter.
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The last major security breach at the airport happened last summer, when Richard "Beebo" Russell hijacked an Alaska Airlines plane. He flew the plane up and down Puget Sound before crashing into Ketron Island near Lakewood.
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