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FBI determines bomb threat was no threat at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport

Members of the FBI as well as members of Virginia State Police and police departments from Hampton Roads were at the airport after someone threatened the airport.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said there was no threat to public safety at Newport News/Williamsburg International Airport Thursday after someone threatened to bomb the airport.

Allison Phillips with the FBI Norfolk Field Office said members of the bureau were there along with local, state, and federal law enforcement officers.

The executive director of the airport, Michael Giardino, said that some people who were in the building had to be moved to other parts of it while the investigation was taking place, but no area, technically, had been evacuated as originally thought.

Giardino said that flights and other operations were not affected.

Phillips said the FBI and its partners take every potential threat seriously and that they will take "all measures necessary to ensure the safety of the communities we serve." She added that anyone found making threats in violation of the law will be prosecuted.

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