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For the second time in as many days, a security alert that turned out to be caused by a harmless object forced a partial evacuation of a terminal at Los Angeles International Airport, officials said today.

At 11:33 a.m., officials discovered a suspicious item in a piece of baggage and launched a search for the owner, airport spokesman Marshall Lowe said in a telephone interview. The object turned out to be a piece of sprinkler pipe.

The upper portion of Terminal 1 was evacuated and traffic was halted outside. Traffic on the lower level was not affected, Lowe said. Southwest, America West and US Airways use that terminal.

The alert was canceled around 1 p.m. and people allowed back inside, Lowe said.

Wednesday night, part of Terminal 2 was briefly evacuated after equipment in the baggage screening area detected what was thought to be ammunition. The items turned out to be replicas of mortar shells.

michael.muskal@latimes.com

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