The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is on the scene at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport after a bomb threat has caused a partial evacuation.
It came on Thursday and it has something to do with an inbound flight, but more information was not immediately available, 13 News Now reported.
Allison Phillips with the FBI Norfolk Field Office said members local, state, and federal law enforcement were there as well.
Although Phillips didn’t have more details available early Thursday afternoon, Jennifer Spratley with the airport said part of the building had been evacuated because of an inbound flight.
“Right now: the FBI is investigating a bomb threat at Newport News International Airport. Heavy police presence here, we’re told parts of the building are being evacuated,” reporter Adriana De Alba said.
“BREAKING: Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia being evacuated right now due to a bomb threat. The FBI and other law enforcement officials are on the scene,” Insider Paper reported.
BREAKING: Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport in Virginia being evacuated right now due to a bomb threat. The FBI and other law enforcement officials are on the scene.pic.twitter.com/HDPhQZUpYa
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WAVY reported.
The FBI confirms it is investigating a bomb threat at the Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Thursday.
Local and state officials are also assisting in the investigation, according to FBI spokesperson Christina Pullen.
She said they have been at the airport since around 8 a.m.
WAVY reached out to Michael Giardino with the airport, who said the airport remains open and was never evacuated. While operations were not impacted, he said some operations were temporarily relocated at the request of investigators.
“Evacuation underway at Virginia airport due to bomb threat on inbound flight #Newport l #VA Williamsburg International Airport is being evacuated due to a bomb threat on an inbound flight landing soon. The FBI & multiple agencies are responding,” another tweet said.
“#BREAKING Parts of Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport are being evacuated #Virginia #VA right now due to a bomb threat. The FBI & other law enforcement officials are investigating. Airport leaders say it has something to do with an inbound flight,” another said.
BREAKING 911 reported:
Portions of the Newport News-Williamsburg International Airport were being evacuated on Thursday due to a possible bomb threat.
Several agencies were responding to the scene, including the state and local police as well as agents from the FBI Norfolk Field Office.
An airport employee told WVEC part of the building was evacuated “because of an inbound flight.”
The Washington Times had more.
Flights into and out of three airports in the Washington region were affected by a construction-related evacuation at a Federal Aviation Administration facility in Virginia.
Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Reagan National Airport were all impacted, with flights halted for several hours.
The FAA said in a statement that a facility in Leesburg, Virginia, that handles high altitude flights over the area was evacuated about 6:40 p.m. Monday because of fumes from construction work.
The FAA says that as a result of the evacuation, the facility stopped accepting new flights and handed off airborne flights to other facilities.
The FAA said in a statement that air traffic controllers resumed operations at the facility about 9:30 p.m. Monday and that delayed flights were beginning to take off.