Hundreds of passengers were told to leave terminal 4 at JFK International Airport just before 11 a.m. after an unattended bag prompted a call to the bomb squad, Jessica Cunnington reports.
Amid one of the busiest travel weekends in the country, the largest terminal at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport experienced a "security incident" on Sunday that prompted a partial evacuation.
The first signs of trouble at the airport began surfacing on social media shortly before 11 a.m. as passengers were ushered out of Terminal 4.
A spokesperson for the Port Authority said passengers were cleared from the departures area of the terminal while the bomb squad investigated an unattended bag.
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WATCH HEREThe arrival and departure levels of Terminal 4 were briefly closed to all inbound traffic due to the investigation.
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SIGN UP Bomb squad investigators and K-9 teams deemed the unattended luggage safe and airport operations were resumed around 12 p.m.
The bag contained a common household product K-9s are trained to detect, a law enforcement source told News 4.
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The impact of the over hour-long shutdown was expected to cause delays at the terminal as the holiday weekend rush continued.
