Raleigh-Durham Airport Terminal Shuts Down After Bomb Threat

0:00Terminal 1, at Raleigh Derm International Airport, shut down early Monday morning after an anonymous bomb threat forced a full evacuation. Southwest Airlines and Breeze Airways flights got hit with delays as security teams swept the place. No explosives turned up, and the terminal reopened just before 6am. The call came in around 4.30am, so airport police in TSA cleared everyone out fast, including folks already buckled in on planes. K-9 units and investigators combed every inch for nearly two hours while passengers cooled their heels outside in the dark. Travelers were shook, little kids crying, confusion everywhere, since info was scarce. One passenger thought it might be a drill at first, but the stress built us flights kept getting pushed back. Early birds heading out around 6am had their schedules flipped multiple times. Once the all-clear sounded, staff went back and first, then passengers trickled through amid super long security lines. Airlines fired off alerts to keep folks updated on the chaos.

1:04Operations are back to normal now at R-D-U, but it reminds us how seriously they take these threats to keep everyone safe. This has been Durham News Today, powered by AI.