Pat Dollard | Young Americans

Pictured: Orlando International Airport Courtyard. Left: “The System”. Right: The “System” worked.

The one phrase I heard more than once today regarding this incident was “The sytem worked.”

ORLANDO, Fla. — A man behavior specialists spotted acting suspiciously was detained after components used to make pipe bombs were found in his luggage at Orlando International Airport.

Officials said agents noticed something about the man’s body language that prompted officers to move in near the Virgin Atlantic and Jamaica Airlines ticket counters.

A portion of the Terminal A in front of Virgin Atlantic was closed Tuesday afternoon and passengers were evacuated.

The man, believed to be Jamaican, and his bags were then searched by bomb squad members.

During the search, bomb materials were found in at least one of the man’s bags.

“This appears to have been a serious matter with the potential for tragic consequences, and the incident is being thoroughly investigated,” ranking member on the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure U.S. Rep. John Mica said in a written statement.

Passengers waiting to board flights said they noticed the man acting suspiciously before agents moved in.

“He looked rather crazy,” a passenger said. “He was rocking left and right and up and down. He looked a little wacko.”

The passenger was scheduled to fly on Air Jamaica Flight 80 to Montego Bay, Local 6 reported. The flight departed Tuesday afternoon.

Local 6 showed video of a man with his arms behind his back being checked by a member of the bomb squad outside of the airport.

Large crowds formed around the portion of the airport and traffic backed up on nearby streets.

TSA officials said flight operations were operating normally and both security checkpoints were open.

The identity of the man taken into custody was not known.

(Local6)