Why were people evacuated from the laguardia airport (lga)?
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) — An American Airlines terminal at New York’s LaGuardia airport was briefly evacuated on Saturday morning, officials told BNO News. The evacuation was ordered around 6.15 a.m. local time when officers detained a suspicious person carrying a suspicious package, said Arlene Salac, who is a spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. Around 8.30 a.m., the all-clear was given and passengers slowly began to re-enter the terminal. Initially, as hundreds of people were seen waiting in front of the terminal, all flights in and out of the airport had been canceled. Around 8 a.m., some flights began to take off. The New York Daily News cited a police source as saying that passengers pointed out an apparently drunk man to police officers. When officers approached him, according to the newspaper, the man said he had a bomb in his bag. The report continues to say there was a homemade device inside, rigged up to look like a bomb. BNO News could not immediately confi
A man carrying a hoax bomb triggered an evacuation of the main terminal at New York’s LaGuardia Airport Saturday, delaying thousands of travelers, authorities said. Multitudes were forced onto pathways and roadways around the complex, tying up incoming traffic for hours, officials said. Scott McGann, 32, of New York, was arrested on charges related to “placing a false bomb” in a transportation facility and “making terroristic threats,” said John Kelly, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Authorities were first alerted by a United Airlines ticket agent shortly after 5:00 am local time when McGann arrived, Kelly said. After issuing McGann a boarding pass the agent telephoned Transportation Security Administration officers he was en route to a concourse checkpoint. Security officers were tipped off by a second caller about “a suspicious male” who was “possibly intoxicated” heading for security screeners, Kelly said. “He did not respond to questions and was actin
