Kansas City airport evacuated as authorities, including the FBI, investigate a potential threat
Portions of Kansas City International Airport were evacuated Sunday and incoming flights were held on the taxiway.
KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City International Airport terminal reopened Sunday afternoon, hours after it was evacuated while authorities looked into a potential threat, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.
Airport spokesperson Jackson Overstreet said in an email shortly after 2 p.m. that the terminal was reopened. The evacuation began after a threat about three hours earlier. Flights that landed during the shutdown were held on the taxiway.
FBI spokesperson Dixon Land said in an email to the Associated Press that the “FBI is aware of the incident and our personnel are working with airport and law enforcement officials to determine the credibility of the threat.”
Logan Hawley, 29, said he was waiting to board a flight to Texas when he noticed a swarm of police and K9 units inside the terminal.
“Suddenly there was an airport worker saying ‘immediately evacuate,’ people got up fast and rushed out of there,” Hawley said.
The group of roughly 2,000 people were ushered onto the tarmac.