'Suspicious Package' At SFO Prompts Terminal Evacuation: Police

SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, CA – An airport terminal at San Francisco International was evacuated Wednesday following a "suspicious package" report around 11:45 a.m., authorities report. However, it reopened around 1 p.m. after a bomb squad cleared the item.

Airport officials evacuated part of Terminal 1 shortly after the report came in and the San Francisco Police Department's bomb squad was sent in to investigate, according to Officer Giselle Talkoff. They learned within about an hour that the "package" was not a threat.

Apparently, there's a suspicious package at SFO, so baggage claim shut down and we're stuck. Bomb squad called. Folks waiting. #sfo pic.twitter.com/9mI2M3ZY6M
— Mary Jo Madda (@MJMadda) July 5, 2017

The suspicious package may have been a forgotten carry-on bag, Talkoff said.

A suspicious package in T1 has been investigated and cleared. T1 is in the process of reopening
— flySFO (@flySFO) July 5, 2017

– Image via Pixabay / Bay City News Service contributed to this report