"San Antonio airport reopens after credible bomb threat"

Wednesday, August 1, 2012

San Antonio airport reopens after credible bomb threat
By Monica Hortobagyi
USA TODAY


Update at 6:03 p.m.: The airport has issued the 'all clear,' and reports on
its Facebook page that there is heavy congestion in and around the airport.
Fliers should check flight status with airlines, or on the Flight Tracker.

Update at 5:55 p.m.: All three vehicles have been cleared, and traffic is
beginning to flow back into the airport area, according to KSAT.

Update at 5:21 p.m.: KSAT reports Terminals A and B have been cleared, and
two of the three vehicles have been cleared as well.

First responders, airport security personnel, as well as the FBI and
Department of Homeland Security are on-site investigating, the TV station
reports.

Original post: San Antonio International Airport has been evacuated after
officials say they received a bomb threat.

Airport spokesman Rich Johnson said Wednesday that someone called the
airport making a "very specific" threat but did not elaborate. He said
passengers inside the terminal were herded onto the tarmac and that arriving
planes are staying parked away from the gates.Johnson says the evacuation
order was called at 2:35 p.m. CST. ... San Antonio police and several
federal agencies are investigating the threat. (AP)San Antonio station KSAT
is reporting that "the caller reported three vehicles in the lower level of
the short-term parking garage contained explosives," according to San
Antonio police chief William McManus, and that the caller claimed "the
vehicles are located in the same area of the parking garage," also reporting
"non-specific threats"Bomb-sniffing dogs Bomb technicians are preparing to c
The San Antonio International Airport has been evacuated after officials say
they received a bomb threat alleging three packages had been left in parked
cars in the airport garage.

The Associated Press reports:

Airport spokesman Rich Johnson said Wednesday that someone called the
airport making a "very specific" threat but did not elaborate. He said
passengers inside the terminal were herded onto the tarmac and that arriving
planes are staying parked away from the gates.

Johnson says the evacuation order was called at 2:35 p.m. CST. Southwest
Airlines spokeswoman Ashley Dillon said the carrier has six arriving flights
on the tarmac that are waiting for clearance to roll to the gate.

San Antonio TV station KSAT is reporting that "the caller reported three
vehicles in the lower level of the short-term parking garage contained
explosives," according to San Antonio police chief William McManus, and that
the caller claimed "the vehicles are located in the same area of the parking
garage."

According to KSAT:

Bomb-sniffing dogs checking out the vehicles reacted as though there could
be explosives each of the three vehicles, McManus said.
"Non-specific threats" regarding the terminals were also made.
Exits and entrances to the airport have been blocked;
All incoming flights are being allowed to land, Johnson says, but planes on
the tarmac are at a distance from the airport.
No planes are being allowed to leave.
Scheduled flights that have been affected seem to be in the A terminal,
according to the airport's departures and arrivals updates.

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