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Sea-Tac Airport briefly locked down for security breach

Sep 25, 2015, 9:29 PM | Updated: Sep 26, 2015, 8:58 am

Port of Seattle police responded to a breach alarm at Sea-Tac Airport on Friday night. (Photo: Nick...

Port of Seattle police responded to a breach alarm at Sea-Tac Airport on Friday night. (Photo: Nick Justin)

(Photo: Nick Justin)

Port of Seattle police responded to a breach alarm at Sea-Tac Airport on Friday night.

All entrances were closed, per standard operating procedure. KING 5 reports someone went through the wrong direction through C-gate checkpoint and wasn’t immediately located.

Reports said trams began operating again and passengers were free to move about around 9:30 p.m.

The Port of Seattle said the breach was cleared about 10 minutes later and the suspect was in custody.

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