Police have cleared a bomb threat that happened in the baggage claim area of the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) after an unattended bag in the baggage claim was picked up on by a bomb-sniffing dog. The Austin Police Department's Bomb Squad went to the scene, according to airport officials, and later said there was no threat. AUS tweeted around 9:50 a.m. Friday that as a result of the threat, traffic was diverted from the.