Flights halted, terminal evacuated at LaGuardia Airport

[BLI-Flyer]

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Authorities said they have one person in custody after evacuating LaGuardia Airport's Central Terminal early Saturday morning.

Hundreds of passengers mill outside the Central Terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport on Saturday morning.

Authorities are not allowing any flights to take off or land at the airport, according to Port Authority and New York City police.

It was not immediately clear when the flights would be allowed to resume.

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[DenverBrian]

NEW YORK (AP) - The main terminal at New York's LaGuardia Airport was evacuated Saturday morning, stranding hundreds of passengers, after a man entered the building with a fake bomb in a bag, police said.

The terminal was evacuated at around 5:30 a.m. Saturday after the man approached security in the airport's C concourse, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey spokesman John Kelly said.

It wasn't clear if the man made a threat, but security officials said he "was just acting crazy," Kelly said. The man's name was not released.

The device in the man's bag was a few batteries and wires, but was not dangerous, police said.

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