Police clear away suspicious item at LAX ride pickup lot

Gregory Yee
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Irfan Khan  Los Angeles Times THE NEW LAXit pickup area for Lyft, Uber and taxis was set to be expanded early Wednesday.
Passengers at LAXit, the pickup lot for taxis and ride-hail services at Los Angeles International Airport. Shuttles into the lot were closed Monday night because of a suspicious item. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

A suspicious item found in the taxi and ride-hail pickup lot at Los Angeles International Airport on Monday night was cleared away after about an hour, authorities said.

The item was first reported around 10:15 p.m., said Heath Montgomery, an airport spokesperson. The Los Angeles Police Department bomb squad was called to the scene, and the object was cleared by about 11:30 p.m., airport officials tweeted.

Sky Way and the portion of Century Boulevard west of Sepulveda Boulevard near the pickup lot were closed for the investigation, according to a tweet at 10:40 p.m. from airport officials. The roads were set to reopen shortly after the item was cleared away.

This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.