Airport Security Lines Reach Parking Garages as TSA Shutdown Sparks Nationwide Delays

Travelers at Kansas City Airport Evacuate to Tarmac as Authorities Investigate 'Potential Threat' Travelers evacuated Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Missouri, on Sunday, March 8, as officials investigated “a potential threat,” the airport said. Footage here recorded by X user @Pushin_Chimpers shows crowds gathering on the tarmac with their luggage. “We were all told to immediately get to concourse A. K9’s and agents all over the place,” they said in their post on X. Local media reported that the airport reopened around two hours after the evacuation. US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said “normal operations were resuming” and thanked the FBI for their response to the incident. FBI Director Kash Patel said the threat to the airport was reviewed and “determined not to be credible.”