Summary:
A bomb scare at Miami Airport was sparked by a joke about dynamite, US police say.

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By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 06:15 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:54 EST, 27 November 2012 . A terror alert was sparked at Miami International Airport after a Guatemalan man allegedly joked that he had dynamite in his luggage. Miami-Dade police said 63-year-old Alejandro Hurtado made the ill-advised joke yesterday when a ticket agent asked if he was carrying any hazardous materials, according to Fox News. When the agent told him he was calling police, Hurtado said he was only joking. Inappropriate: A Guatemalan man who made a joke about having explosives in his bag prompted the partial evacuation of Miami International Airport, shown here in this file picture . The Concourse was partially evacuated as bomb squad officers searched Hurtado's bag but found no explosives. Hurtado was taken into custody and charged with falsely reporting a bomb at an airport. Airport officials say the evacuation delayed one outgoing Avianca Airlines flight by an hour, as well as some arriving international planes. Bomb: When the ticket agent asked Mr Hurtado if he had any hazardous materials in his bag, he told them he had dynamite. File pictures .