Passengers and employees were evacuated from Kansas City International Airport for about two hours Sunday after authorities received a bomb threat involving the terminal and a parking garage.The Kansas City Aviation Department said it received a call Sunday morning reporting a potential device inside the airport terminal and in a parking garage.Airport police and other law enforcement agencies, along with the FBI, responded to investigate. As a precaution, airport officials evacuated the terminal and held inbound flights on the taxiway away from the gates while the investigation unfolded.A passenger at Kansas City International Airport said travelers were suddenly ordered to leave the terminal while waiting to board flights.Ryan O’Neill told KMBC that an announcement over the airport speaker system told everyone to evacuate immediately, though no explanation was given at the time.“We were waiting to board our plane, and all of a sudden they came on the speaker and said, ‘We need everyone to evacuate immediately,’” O’Neill said. “They did not give us a reason why yet.”O’Neill also said it appeared planes had been moved away from the terminal as passengers tried to figure out what was happening.Passenger describes sudden evacuation order at Kansas City airport:Passengers remained on the tarmac and inside planes for a time while airport operations were temporarily disrupted.Law enforcement officers, including K-9 units, were seen entering the airport terminal as authorities searched the building and surrounding areas.The FBI assisted in the investigation, and parking garages were also searched.Heavy law enforcement presence at KCI as FBI investigates potential threat:While sweeping the parking garage, K-9 units flagged a vehicle on the top level as possibly suspicious.Kansas City police bomb and arson investigators were called in to examine the vehicle, and the garage remained closed for several additional hours as a precaution.Authorities later determined the vehicle did not pose a threat.KCI evacuated: Authorities investigate ‘potential threat’: In a statement posted on social media, FBI Director Kash Patel said the airport had been swept and cleared.“FBI and our law enforcement partners quickly responded to the scene and secured the area. The threat was reviewed and determined not to be credible. Terminal has been swept, cleared, and normal operations resumed,” Patel said.Patel also thanked federal partners for their coordination and warned that threats against public facilities can carry serious consequences.“Threats like these are a federal crime. FBI and law enforcement partners will fully investigate and bring to justice anyone responsible,” he said.Passengers allowed back into KCI terminal after evacuation:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. —
Passengers and employees were evacuated from Kansas City International Airport for about two hours Sunday after authorities received a bomb threat involving the terminal and a parking garage.
The Kansas City Aviation Department said it received a call Sunday morning reporting a potential device inside the airport terminal and in a parking garage.
Airport police and other law enforcement agencies, along with the FBI, responded to investigate.
As a precaution, airport officials evacuated the terminal and held inbound flights on the taxiway away from the gates while the investigation unfolded.
A passenger at Kansas City International Airport said travelers were suddenly ordered to leave the terminal while waiting to board flights.
Ryan O’Neill told KMBC that an announcement over the airport speaker system told everyone to evacuate immediately, though no explanation was given at the time.
“We were waiting to board our plane, and all of a sudden they came on the speaker and said, ‘We need everyone to evacuate immediately,’” O’Neill said. “They did not give us a reason why yet.”
O’Neill also said it appeared planes had been moved away from the terminal as passengers tried to figure out what was happening.
Passenger describes sudden evacuation order at Kansas City airport:
Passengers remained on the tarmac and inside planes for a time while airport operations were temporarily disrupted.
Law enforcement officers, including K-9 units, were seen entering the airport terminal as authorities searched the building and surrounding areas.
The FBI assisted in the investigation, and parking garages were also searched.
Heavy law enforcement presence at KCI as FBI investigates potential threat:
While sweeping the parking garage, K-9 units flagged a vehicle on the top level as possibly suspicious.
Kansas City police bomb and arson investigators were called in to examine the vehicle, and the garage remained closed for several additional hours as a precaution.
Authorities later determined the vehicle did not pose a threat.
KCI evacuated: Authorities investigate ‘potential threat’:
In a statement posted on social media, FBI Director Kash Patel said the airport had been swept and cleared.
“FBI and our law enforcement partners quickly responded to the scene and secured the area. The threat was reviewed and determined not to be credible. Terminal has been swept, cleared, and normal operations resumed,” Patel said.
Patel also thanked federal partners for their coordination and warned that threats against public facilities can carry serious consequences.
“Threats like these are a federal crime. FBI and law enforcement partners will fully investigate and bring to justice anyone responsible,” he said.
Passengers allowed back into KCI terminal after evacuation: