MANCHESTER, N.H. (WHDH) - The Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire was evacuated early Tuesday morning following a bomb threat, officials said.
The terminal building was evacuated as a precaution around midnight as law enforcement, security, and K-9 teams conducted a sweep, according to airport officials.
They announced around 1:30 a.m. that employees and passengers were returning to the building and operations were back to normal.
Some passengers were stuck on their planes on the tarmac until they got the all-clear.
“We landed and then the pilot sent a message there was a bomb threat and that we were gonna wait until security clear the airport, so we wait for an-hour-and-a-half,” one passenger said.
Another added, “We circled for a while because everything was shut down and then they allowed us to land and we sat on the tarmac for a long while.”
The passengers said they had a difficult time getting a ride to their final destinations because no rideshare vehicles or taxis were available.
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