San Antonio airport terminals reopen after threat

San Antonio airport terminals reopen after threat

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A bomb threat temporarily cleared out San Antonio International Airport on Wednesday after officials said someone called alleging that three packages had been left inside a parking garage.

About 2,000 passengers in the terminal were herded onto the tarmac for about 1 1/2 hours after the unknown person called around 2:30 p.m. warning about the packages, and flights were not allowed to land at the airport, fire and airport officials said.

No packages were found in the terminal but bomb-sniffing dogs were still searching a parking garage this afternoon, and roads leading to and from the airport remained closed, San Antonio Fire Department spokeswoman Deborah Foster said.

Once the terminals were checked out, flights resumed landing and several planes that had landed when the threat was called in were allowed to let their passengers get off, airport spokeswoman Nora Castro said.

“The K-9s (initially) had hits in the garage. But they have not found any devices. Sometimes they get false positives,” Foster said.