US presidential air base locked down after bomb threat
The Twitter account of Joint Base Andrews, the military air base that is home to the US president's plane Air Force One. The air base was briefly placed on lockdown after a woman claimed to be wearing a bomb on May 23, 2016. PHOTO | NATION MEDIA GROUP
WASHINGTON
Joint Base Andrews, the military air base that is home to the US president's plane Air Force One, was briefly placed on lockdown Thursday after a woman claimed to be wearing a bomb.
"At approximately 5:15 p.m. today, a woman walked into the Visitor Control Center on JBA and claimed to have a bomb strapped to her chest," the base said on Twitter.
"Once emergency responders arrived, the individual was apprehended and an EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal) team determined no explosive device was on-scene."
The base added that emergency workers were still securing the area and told residents and personnel to avoid the area.
Andrews is about 15 miles southeast of Washington, DC, and is the main airport used by the president, secretary of state and other senior officials and visiting dignitaries.
