There have been reports of shots fired inside John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday night in NY. As of this report, no one has been injured. Deutsche Lufthansa AG canceled a flight to Frankfurt.
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All affected terminals at the NY airport were evacuated and searched after reports of gunfire spread panic Sunday evening.
An evacuation of JFK’s Terminal 8 followed after reports of gunfire in the departures area, CNN reported on its website, quoting a spokesman for the Port Authority of NY and New Jersey, which operates the airport.
Early Monday morning, police say they finished a search of two terminals where the reports emerged and found nothing.
Flights were being diverted to Buffalo in the wake of the incident. “At this time, no gun shells or other evidence of shots fired has been found”.
Panic spread quickly through the crowd as police ordered people to lie on the ground, then evacuated them through corridors leading outside to the tarmac. Police activity also closed the Van Wyck Expressway near the airport. “There are no reported injuries or arrests at this time”, Port Authority said in a statement.
“Armed police have evacuated the terminal – everyone is being searched”, Zack Young, a businessman who was inside Terminal 8, wrote on Twitter. Mr. “They told us get out and we all got out through the exit”, said one witness.
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The airlines operating out of the Terminal 8 departure area include Alaska Airlines, Air Berlin, American Airlines, American Eagle, Finnair, LARAM, Qatar Airways, Royal Jordanian and LATAM. Around 10:15 pm, another report of shots fired occurred in Terminal 1.
