{"id":407763,"date":"2026-08-16T01:57:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407763\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T01:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T01:57:02","slug":"hobby-airport-receives-a-general-threat-security-protocols-underway-houston-police-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407763\/","title":{"rendered":"Hobby Airport receives a &#8216;general threat&#8217;, security protocols underway, Houston police say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Houston police said an investigation is underway after Hobby Airport received a &#8220;general threat&#8221; on Saturday evening, with passengers reportedly stuck on the tarmac due to a &#8220;security issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to the Houston Police Department, officers have not found any issues after the airport received the &#8220;general threat,&#8221; adding that they are currently implementing security protocols.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Passengers on a Southwest flight called ABC13 and said they are on board a plane parked on the airport&#8217;s tarmac due to a &#8220;security issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">According to FlightAware, Hobby Airport is experiencing departure delays of about 50 minutes, with that time increasing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC13 crews are en route to Hobby Airport to gather more information.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">This is a developing story. Eyewitness News is continuing to gather facts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">For the latest breaking news, weather and traffic, ABC13 is now live on Disney+. Always on, always under the live tab on Disney+ and everywhere you stream.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) &#8212; Houston police said an investigation is underway after Hobby Airport received a &#8220;general threat&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[142605,56,58,57],"class_list":["post-407763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-142605","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=407763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=407763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=407763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=407763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}