Update | 12:54 p.m.
The Juneau Police Department has put out an official statement on the airport incident.
Update | 12:19 p.m.
The security check was prompted by the discovery of a .22 caliber bullet by an Alaska Airlines pilot on a jetway, according to airport manager Patty deLaBruere.
deLaBruere says about 105 passengers for northbound flight 61 and southbound flight 62 had to go through security again.
“They had to take all their belongings off the aircraft and out of the departure lounge because we don’t know how it entered and so you have to get all precautions and get everyone off,” she said.
deLaBruere says nothing was found during the security sweep, but the investigation is ongoing. She says as of 11:30 a.m., airport business and flights are operating normally.
Original post | 11:16 a.m.
A Juneau Police Department dispatcher says officers are performing a security sweep at the Juneau International Airport, but couldn’t say why.
Traveler Randy Katzenmeyer was supposed to leave on a flight to Sitka. He says he and other travelers were told to leave the departure lounge around 10:30 a.m. and go through security again without explanation.
Katzenmeyer had been in the departure lounge since 8:15 a.m. His flight was supposed to leave at 10:22.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
