The FBI is investigating a potential “threat” at Kansas City International Airport in Missouri, which was partially evacuated Sunday afternoon, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.
Airport spokesperson Jackson Overstreet told the Associated Press in an email that the threat was reported at 11:50 a.m. local time, at which point the entire terminal was evacuated.
He told the outlet that planes that had landed after the threat was received were being held on the taxiway.
FBI spokesperson Dixon Land said the bureau was “aware of the incident and our personnel are working with airport and law enforcement officials to determine the credibility of a threat.”
Passenger Logan Hawley, 29, told the outlet he was getting ready to board a flight to Texas when he saw police and K-9 units swarming the terminal.
“Suddenly there was an airport worker saying ‘immediately evacuate,’ people got up fast and rushed out of there,” Hawley said.
Roughly 2,000 people were ushered out of the terminal and onto the tarmac, he said.
Photos and video from the airport circulating online show large groups of passengers being led onto the tarmac or funneling out of the terminal.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
With Post wires
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