Pipe triggers airport scare

A SCIENTIST was detained at Miami Airport when screeners spotted a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, prompting an evacuation, a government official said.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Sep 2010, 19:06 BST

Updated 3rd Sep 2010, 23:30 BST

The FBI and Miami-Dade police were last night interviewing the 70-year-old man, the official said. No explosives had been found, he added.

FBI agent Michael Leverock said the man was a US citizen..

The airport fully reopened just after 4am yesterday.