Pasco Airport on Orange Alert
November 17, 2008 by national
Filed under Homeland Security News
The airport has been on “Orange Alert” all weekend, one step below the highest warning, the “Red Alert.”
According to the TSA website, the national threat level was yellow Sunday.
TSA officials would not comment on why they stepped up the level.
Passengers told Action News it took them longer to get through airport security over the weekend.
“It was inconvenient, but he was doing his job,” said Ronald Williams, who flew to Seattle. “I know in security, everybody has got to have a system. When the system breaks down, that’s when things happen.”
There “vehicle inspections in progress” signs posted at the airport, but Action News did not see anyone checking cars.
TSA officials did not return calls, but their website points out that threat levels sometimes rise around election time.
