Terminal closes after security breach

GRAPEVINE, TEXAS - The Delta Air Lines terminal at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport was shut down for more than an hour Thursday night after a screener failed to notify the Department of Public Safety to verify the badge of a federal air marshal entering the terminal. <br> <br> FAA regulations mandate that screeners notify the DPS before allowing marshals to enter the terminal, said airport spokesman Ken Capps. <br> <br> ``Right now we&#39;re operating under zero tolerance for security and the FAA made the determination to shut down the terminal and the airport supported that decision,&#39;&#39; Capps said. <br> <br> The Delta terminal was re-opened just after 8 p.m. Four flights had to be evacuated, said FAA spokesman John Clabes. <br> <br> Three flights that took off before they could be stopped and evacuated were to be screened upon arrival at their destinations. Those included Delta flights 722 and 237 to Atlanta, and another Delta flight to Oklahoma City. <br> <br> Several hundred people were evacuated from the terminal and were being re-screened to enter the terminal, Clabes said. <br> <br> Clabes didn&#39;t know if the man had been found. <br> <br> ``More than likely, he was exactly who he said he was,&#39;&#39; Capps said.

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