All Clear After Miami Int'l Airport Evacuation
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MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- Authorities gave the all clear after evacuating parts of Miami International Airport (MIA) Monday afternoon.
Airport officials said the they got a call about a suspicious package and took the proper precautions.
They released a statement around 4:50 p.m. on the matter saying in part,
"At this time, the Concourse G, H and J TSA checkpoints are closed and the ticket counter areas and the upper and lower roadways outside of Concourse H have been evacuated."
"They forced us to evacuate. A gentleman came through our back door and told us that we needed to leave. So we all proceeded out in the front," traveler at MIA told CBS4's Hank Tester.
The traveler went on,"It was panic. Everybody was running back and forth. Nobody actually knew where to go."
Around 5 p.m., authorities gave the all clear and reopened the terminals.
The items in question were reportedly unattended luggage.
