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LaGuardia passengers evacuated due to suspicious package

Travelers at LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B were briefly evacuated Saturday morning due to a suspicious package.

Security received reports of the unknown package in a non-public area of ​​Terminal B around 6:29 a.m., Port Authority police told The Post.

Any potential travelers who had not been screened by security were evacuated and told to wait outside.

LaGuardia Airport’s official X-page confirmed that police activity in Terminal B was likely to disrupt flight plans. Roger Batson via Storyful

“I was very close to the front. I started seeing TSA agents telling everyone to stop screening. One officer spoke on the radio,” passenger Robert Baston told The Post.

“Then they told everyone to evacuate the terminal. “Everyone was outside at the passenger drop-off area… The TSA agents didn’t really tell us anything,” he shrugged.

Baston, 47, of Queens, had an 8:10 a.m. flight southwest to Denver.

The evacuation caused many delays and missed flights. GNMiller/NYPost

“I was worried about the storm in Denver. I expected a delay, but not like this.”

The airport’s official X page confirmed that police activity in Terminal B was likely to disrupt flights.

Passengers were then moved to the parking lot, they wrote on X.

Passengers wait outside LaGuardia Airport after being evacuated. Roger Batson via Storyful
Potential flyers had to wait outside in the parking lot. GNMiller/NYPost

The NYPD bomb squad arrived and cleared the airport just before 8 a.m