Newark airport terminal security scare

One of the terminals at Newark Liberty International airport near New York has reopened after a brief closure due to a security scare.



The incident was sparked by a suspect package at an American Airlines counter in Terminal A, later found to be benign.



Newark is 15 miles from Manhattan.



Terminal A is where American Airlines (AA) flights are based.



AA spokesman, Tim Smith, says he had been told the package was found at a security checkpoint.