Three terminals at the Los Angeles International Airport were briefly evacuated on Wednesday morning after incidents involving unattended bags, officials said.
Meanwhile, passengers are being warned of delays out of LAX, The Associated Press and the Los Angeles Times reported.
Airport spokeswoman Katherine Alvarado says the first involved a suspicious article found Wednesday morning in a baggage-screening room in Terminal 6. She says it has been cleared. Alvarado says the Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad is investigating two unattended bags. One is under an outdoor bridge in Terminal 7 and the other is in a men’s restroom in Terminal 5, AP reported.
Patch.com, however, reported at 10:50 a.m. local time that passengers were allowed back into LAX following the evacuation.
LAPD bomb squad has cleared the incident at T7. Please contact your airline for the latest flight status. #LAXincident
— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) December 21, 2016
Incident in T6 has been cleared. Incident in T5 & T7 are being investigated. If flying out of T5/T6/T7 pls contact airline for flight delays
— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) December 21, 2016
All clear at T5 & operations are returning to normal. Pls contact your airline for flight status. #LAXincident
— LAX Airport (@flyLAXairport) December 21, 2016
Flight delays at Terminal 6 are said to be particularly severe, the report said.
“People should definitely check with their airlines especially if they are on an airline that is flying out of Terminal 6,” LAX spokeswoman Mary Grady told Patch.com.
Airlines reporting delays are American, Alaska, Delta, and Virgin America, she added.
BREAKING: Three separate incidents at LAX right now. Unattended bag and two K9 hits slowing traffic at terminals 5 thru 7. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/rbOGfOISzT
— Gigi Graciette (@GigiGraciette) December 21, 2016
The suspicious bags at the terminals were cleared, she said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.