November 3,2013
The airport announced the “all clear” just after 6 p.m. (7 p.m. ET).
Aeveral flights into the airport were diverted on Sunday afternoon.
The evacuation comes just days a gunman shot a TSA agent at the Los Angeles International Airport
The Associated Press Contributed to this report.
Below are photos gathered from social media:
Threat Prompts Evacuation of Birmingham, Ala. Airport
Shuttlesworth Int'l @BHMAirport
Airport & law enforcement officials are responding to a threat received around 4pm. The terminal has been evacuated...http://ow.ly/qrRMO
FOX6 WBRC-TV @myfoxal
Many flights delayed or diverted out of #BHM after bomb threat, evacuation http://epochtim.es/pHXO @spann
Jonathan Hardison @FOX6Hardison
To summarize:passengers & planes evacuated from @BHMAirport because of "security threat" control tower evacuated & inbound flights diverted
RT @jpdice_Fox6 Word of bomb threat at BHM airport. Commercial jets being kept away from terminal. #fox6wbrc
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