Austin airport authorities cleared a bomb threat in the baggage claim area

• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said on Twitter that authorities are investigating a bomb threat.
• The threat was cleared at 11:30 a.m., the airport wrote on Twitter.
• Part of the baggage claim area was blocked off while authorities investigated.
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Austin-Bergstrom International Airport responded to a bomb threat in its baggage claim area on Friday, but the threat was cleared, the airport said.

The airport said on Twitter that only one of baggage carousels was cordoned off, and that passengers could pick baggage up from other carousels in the meantime.

Traffic was diverted to the airport's upper-level roadway, the airport said. The threat was later deemed cleared, the airport wrote.