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Video game causes bomb scare at airport

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NEW YORK, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- A passenger who brought a video game console as a carry-on item prompted a mass evacuation of a terminal in the MacArthur Airport in Long Island, N.Y.

The bomb squad was called in as well.

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X-ray machine workers said the Xbox360, which was inside a metal case, looked like a bomb because of the many wires, the New York Post reports.

The passenger on the flight to Chicago had decided to keep the console with him so it wouldn't be stolen.

It was in high demand this holiday shopping season.

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