DETROIT – A Nigerian man returned to court Thursday and was sentenced to life in prison for trying to destroy a Detroit-bound flight on Christmas 2009 while on a suicide mission for al-Qaida. As the hearing started, U.LOS ANGELES – Officials say three terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport were briefly shut down after an airport contract worker left an exit from a secure area unattended.
Transportation Security Administration spokesman Jon Allen says an officer discovered about 4:30 a.m. Saturday that an exit from one of the terminals was unguarded. He said three checkpoints were closed and officers reviewed videotape from all three exits.
Allen says the tapes showed no one entered the secure area through the exit while it was unguarded.
Airport spokesman Marshal Lowe said all terminals are now open. He said five arrivals and three departures were slightly delayed.
Allen said the incident will be investigated.
