JFK airport terminal evacuated due to suspicious package
{{date|July 1, 2007}}
[[Image:Jfkairport.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[w:JFK Airport|JFK Airport]]]]
According to reports, a terminal at [[w:John F. Kennedy International Airport|John F. Kennedy International Airport]] located in [[w:New York, New York|New York, New York]] was evacuated after authorities found a suspicious package outside the main [[w:American Airlines|American Airlines]] terminal.

Reports say that the package was found outside the terminal on a street curb just before 10:30 a.m. (eastern time), and turned out to be men's cologne.

"There was a suspicious package that was found at 10:20 a.m. curbside at Terminal 9, which is American Airlines. It turned out to be a package containing cologne," said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for American Airlines.

At approximately 11:35 a.m. (eastern time) authorities began to let passengers back into the terminal, giving it the all clear.

No flights were affected by the incident.

The [[United States]] had raised the presence of police and bomb sniffing dogs at airports across the U.S. after a terrorist attack in [[w:Glasgow|Glasgow, Scotland]].

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[[Category:Disasters and accidents]]
[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:United States]]
[[Category:New York]]
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[[Category:Aviation]]
[[Category:American Airlines]]
[[Category:John F. Kennedy International Airport]]

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JFK Airport
According to reports, a terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport located in New York, New York was evacuated after authorities found a suspicious package outside the main American Airlines terminal.

Reports say that the package was found outside the terminal on a street curb just before 10:30 a.m. (eastern time), and turned out to be men's cologne.

"There was a suspicious package that was found at 10:20 a.m. curbside at Terminal 9, which is American Airlines. It turned out to be a package containing cologne," said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for American Airlines.

At approximately 11:35 a.m. (eastern time) authorities began to let passengers back into the terminal, giving it the all clear.

No flights were affected by the incident.

The United States had raised the presence of police and bomb sniffing dogs at airports across the U.S. after a terrorist attack in Glasgow, Scotland.
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