9:58 PM: A suspicious package was reported in a domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport this afternoon, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.
Spokesman Greg Soule said the package was spotted in a public area in Terminal 3 between the American Airlines ticket counter and a security checkpoint.
Airport duty manager Jeff Littlefield said at about 3:35 p.m. a bomb detection dog was walking by a mail bin and sensed something unusual.
Authorities shut down security checkpoint E until 5:40 p.m. when police determined the item did not pose a threat, Littlefield said. Police cordoned off an area of about a couple hundred feet around the security checkpoint, but there were no evacuations.
Passengers were able to use alternate security checkpoints and the incident did not cause flight delays.
6:16 PM: A suspicious package was reported in a domestic terminal at San Francisco International Airport this afternoon, a Transportation Security Administration spokesman said.
Spokesman Greg Soule said the package was spotted in a public area in Terminal 3 between the American Airlines ticket counter and a security checkpoint.
He did not know what time the report came in but said the TSA was notified of the incident at about 5 p.m.
Soule was not aware of any evacuations prompted by the report. He said airport police have taken over the investigation.
Police were not immediately available to provide details but an airport duty manager said no one was injured and that the incident has cleared.
