Suspicious Package at JFK Airport Searched Due to Odor

A plane waits at John F. Kennedy Airport on February 28 in New York City. A suspicious package with a strange odor was found by postal workers at the airport on Aug. 11. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

NEW YORK—A hazmat team was called into JFK Airport on Aug. 11 around 1 p.m. after a package with a strange odor was found by postal inspectors.

The initial report from a Twitter-based police scanner, NYScanner, said the package contained nerve gas, yet neither the NYPD or Port Authority was able to confirm.

Port Authority confirmed there was a suspicious package, and they were following protocol to investigate its contents.

It is understood that nobody was taken to the hospital because of the package.

Update: After testing the contents of the package, the FBI determined it contained beauty supplies, Associated Press reported.