JetBlue terminal at JFK reopens after evacuation

(AP) - JetBlue has reopened its terminal at New York'sKennedy Airport following a brief evacuation due to a suspiciouspackage. JetBlue spokeswoman Alison Eshelman says passengers returnedinside Terminal

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Sep 22, 2008, 5:39 PM

Updated 6,142 days ago

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(AP) - JetBlue has reopened its terminal at New York'sKennedy Airport following a brief evacuation due to a suspiciouspackage. JetBlue spokeswoman Alison Eshelman says passengers returnedinside Terminal 6 at 8:15 a.m. Monday. She says the package turned out to be WWII replica paper weightsthat resembled grenades. Scanners spotted them in a passenger'sluggage, and the terminal was emptied around 7:50 a.m. She could not say how many people were in the terminal at thetime, but says the morning is a "slower time period" for theairline. JetBlue is holding a ceremony Monday to celebrate itsnew Terminal 5 facilities, which will open in October.