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UPDATE: Charleston airport reopens after evacuation

Flights were grounded after TSA reportedly found suspicious package
Charleston International Airport reportedly has reopened after the facility was evacuated after the TSA found a suspicious package during a screening, according to multiple news outlets. (Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press)

Credit: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

Credit: AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez

Charleston International Airport reportedly has reopened after the facility was evacuated after the TSA found a suspicious package during a screening, according to multiple news outlets. (Tony Gutierrez/Associated Press)
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Updated Nov 11, 2020

Charleston International Airport has reopened after the facility was evacuated after the TSA found a suspicious package during a screening, according to multiple news outlets Wednesday.

The airport said the package, which was evaluated by a bomb squad, was not an explosive device. The facility has been reopened for inbound and outbound passengers.

At about 1:50 p.m. Wednesday, reporter Amy Russo said the airport reopened.

Anchor/reporter Rob Way of the CBS affiliate in Charleston, South Carolina, posted a video Wednesday of the airport being evacuated close to noon.

Evacuees were placed in the parking garage and were not told why, according to Kyle Jordan of Live 5 News in Charleston.

Russo tweeted a video of law enforcement heading toward the airport and blocking traffic near Michaux Parkway for 10 minutes until it was cleared.

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