Police in standoff with armed man at Orlando airport

Police were in a standoff with an armed man at Florida's Orlando International Airport on Tuesday (May 30), the airport said, and there were no indications of shots being fired or anyone being injured.

"Incident ongoing involving man with weapon in terminal - Level 1 A-side, rental car area. Police on scene, area contained. Min impact to ops," the airport said on its Twitter feed.

People have been removed from the area where the incident was taking place, local media reports said. Live video showed dozens of police vehicles on the scene.

The Orlando Police Department said on its Twitter feed that said no arrests have been made, after a local TV news station said the suspect had been taken into custody.

The airport serves about 42.6 million passengers a year and 35 commercial airlines have operations at the facility, according to the airport's website.