San Jose airport closes terminal due to suspicious backpack

A suspicious backpack shut down a terminal Tuesday at the San Jose International Airport, impacting both incoming and outgoing flights, officials said.

Terminal B of the airport, which is primarily used by Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines, was shut down at 10 a.m. after the backpack was reported, officials said. The backpack was determined not to be a risk and the terminal was reopened by noon.

Outgoing passengers and people up passengers were advised to check flights for updates since there were no flights flying into or out of the airport for nearly two hours, officials said.

No flights were diverted to other airports. Terminal A remained open during the incident.