PASSENGERS have been filmed evacuating Kansas City International Airport amid unconfirmed reports of an active bomb threat.
Footage being circulated online shows hordes of travelers exiting the Missouri airport in masses.
The reported evacuation began around 11:50am local time on Sunday, according to one onlooker on X.
Others have reported being moved from Concourse B to Concourse A and being filtered onto tarmac via staircases as “emergency sirens” sound in the background.
“We were all told to immediately get to concourse A. K9’s and agents all over the place. No planes on the tarmac,” one passenger wrote online.
There are unconfirmed reports that the evacuation has been triggered by an active bomb threat.
“There’s an active bomb threat at the Kansas City Airport,” a passenger claiming to have just landed at the airport wrote on X.
“My plane from New Orleans just landed. Pilot said we won’t go to the gate for hours.”
Official Statement
“The Kansas City Aviation Department is aware of a situation at Kansas City International Airport (MCI),” a spokesperson told The U.S. Sun.
“As a precaution, the department has evacuated sections of the Airport Terminal.
“Airport Police are working with the FBI to substantiate any potential threat.”
The spokesperson added that the team “is working with law enforcement to substantiate the legitimacy of a bomb threat.”
Further updates are expected shortly.
It comes just 48 hours after a Southwest Airlines flight was diverted due to a mid-air security threat.
Tensions are high amid the US-Israeli war with Iran that has increased the domestic terror threat and the prolonged shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) due to funding disagreements.
Former Security Secretary Kristi Noem warned that this would “endanger national security,” with TSA and border patrol agents stretched to their limits.
“Now is the time to be vigilant at home and to ensure that all of our doors are locked, so to speak,” Speaker Mike Johnson, warned on Wednesday as he discussed the continued shutdown and conflict.
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