Travelers leaving Philadelphia were delayed for about two hours Tuesday afternoon following a bag that required extra attention.
The incident happened at the security check for Gates B/C around 1 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. It delayed some US Airways flights, the airline said.
A bag went through security check but and needed to be checked further, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman told NBC10.
The bag however kept going, TSA said.
Officials say they were working to locate the bag before it got on a plane. Why the bag needed extra attention wasn't clear, the TSA would only say that it just required a second look.
By 3 p.m. the airline says it decided to let planes go but some passengers would not have their bags on the aircraft.
By 3:45 p.m. the only delays at PHL reported by the Federal Aviation Administration were weather-related delays up to 39 minutes for planes arriving in Philly.
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