Flights and travel hit a two-hour snag Friday morning. That airport screener ran the urn through the X-ray machine. He or she never got a chance to see what was inside, but allowed the passenger to board a plane.

The passenger boarded a plane with the urn at concourse C around 6:00 am.

"We are reviewing the tapes and that is why we waited until 10 o'clock. We think we got the person identified and we are going to move forward with that with the airlines," said Major Tom Hanna, Indianapolis Airport Police.

Eventually, the screener notified airport police about the mishap. Officers evacuated 500 people from Concourses B and C as a precaution.

"There is a requirement for the urn to go through the X-ray cabinet. The X-ray operator has to make the determination about what is or isn't inside," said David Kane, TSA security director.

The airport considers crematory containers carry-on luggage. Funeral Director Emmanuel Smith showed us several urns. Some urns would not clear X-ray, while others, which seal with glue, would.

"Place the proxy glue around the rim of the urn and place it on top like such," said Smith.

The urn scare comes about a week after another concourse evacuation. A passenger found bomb training materials left out by a TSA employee.

There are other state restrictions for traveling with remains. "Whenever you travel with cremated remains the state requires that you have a disposition permit," said Smith.

The permit contains the stamped signature of State Medical Doctor Virginia Cane. Now, after a second scare, airport police and TSA officials are revisiting the travel urn policy.

TSA officials had plans to contact that passenger at the end of his flight to check the urn. The evacuation impacted about 500 passengers for about a two-hour period.

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