Rochester airport closed due to suspicious package

Published 6:50 pm Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ROCHESTER — The main terminal at the Rochester International Airport was evacuated after a suspicious package was found by a Transportation Security Administration officer.

Airport manager Steve Leqve said the suitcase was found Wednesday afternoon in the checked luggage area of the building.

He said the suitcase was in the airport. A bomb squad from the Twin Citiescame to check it out, but Leqve said he expects everything is going to turn out fine.

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The terminal was evacuated around 4:30 p.m., with people on outgoing flights taken to a building on the airport property. Incoming flights are being diverted until the situation is resolved.