The Kansas City airport reopened hours after an evacuation as a potential threat was investigated
Kansas City, Missouri– The Kansas City International Airport lounge reopened Sunday afternoon, hours after it was evacuated while authorities looked into a potential threat, the Kansas City Aviation Department said.
The lounge has reopened, airport spokesman Jackson Overstreet said in an email shortly after 2 p.m. The evacuation began after a threat arose around 11:15 a.m. Flights that landed after the evacuation on the runway were suspended during the closure, which Overstreet said lasted about two hours.
In a social media post Sunday afternoon, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the incident was clear and “normal operations are resuming.”
FBI Director Kash Patel said on social media Sunday afternoon that the FBI reviewed the threat and determined it was “not credible.”
Logan Hawley, 29, said he was waiting to board a plane bound for Texas when he noticed a crowd of police and K9 units inside the terminal.
“Suddenly an airport worker came and said, ‘Evacuate immediately.’” “People quickly got up and rushed out of there,” Hawley said.
He said the group of about 2,000 people were taken to the amphitheater.
