Authorities are not allowing any flights to take off or land at New York’s LaGuardia Airport after taking man into custody, police say.
NEW YORK (CNN) – Authorities said they have one person in custody after evacuating LaGuardia Airport’s Central Terminal early Saturday morning.
Hundreds of passengers mill outside the Central Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Saturday morning.
Hundreds of passengers mill outside the Central Terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport on Saturday morning.
Authorities are not allowing any flights to take off or land at the airport, according to Port Authority and New York City police.
It was not immediately clear when the flights would be allowed to resume.
However, at around 8:30 a.m., airport employees were seen re-entering the terminal. A Port Authority announcement said passengers would be allowed back in around 9 a.m.
A man is in custody and Port Authority and city police bomb technicians are investigating the man’s bag, Port Authority spokesman John Kelly said.
Video from the scene showed passengers and their luggage standing along the roads outside the airport.
It was not known how many passengers were in the terminal at the time of the evacuation.
Central Terminal is one of four terminals in the airport, which is in the borough of Queens. It is about eight miles from Manhattan.
Until when are we going to have to take all that crazyness…
sure glad all this doesnt affect the west coast.
First, it’s historical now (Aug 1). No sense commenting as though it’s today.
Second,
Authorities are not allowing any flights to take off or land at the airport, according to Port Authority and New York City police.
When airplanes get snarled at hubs like LGA, dozens to hundreds of aircraft and crews then can’t complete their schedules for the day, which eventually affects the whole country. On a good day, the airlines can straighten out most of the snarl by evening or overnight.
Third, things like this could happen anywhere. Nobody is immune.