Passengers had been evacuated from the worldwide terminal at San Francisco Worldwide Airport Friday night time due to a bomb menace, authorities mentioned.
Officers assigned to the airport obtained a report of a bomb menace round 8:15 p.m., discovered a suspicious package deal and “deemed the merchandise presumably incendiary,” mentioned Officer Robert Rueca, a San Francisco Police Division spokesperson.
A person has been detained in reference to the incident, Rueca mentioned.
Extra police assets, together with the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit, have been deployed, and an investigation is underway, he mentioned.
Airport officers confirmed shortly earlier than 9:30 p.m. that “ongoing police exercise” prompted the evacuation and instructed vacationers to keep away from the worldwide terminal till additional discover.
“AirTrain and BART service are suspended,” the officers mentioned. “Passenger drop-off and pick-up solely on the Home Terminals.”
A number of vacationers took to Twitter and different social media websites to put up in regards to the evacuation, with one saying they heard an announcement that the worldwide terminal was shut down however that no different data was supplied over the airport’s announcement system.
Officers with the Bay Space Speedy Transit company issued an alert at 8:50 p.m. stating that the airport station was closed “on account of police exercise” and that bus service was out there between Millbrae and the airport in each instructions.
Extra details about the incident was not out there late Friday.
