United Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Reported Bathroom Bomb Threat
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The cross-country flight was forced to land in Chicago on Wednesday after a note was reportedly found in the plane's bathroom.
A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Chicago on Wednesday after a bomb threat was reportedly discovered in the plane’s bathroom.
The flight was heading to Los Angeles from Newark, New Jersey when it made an unscheduled landing at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport at 7:44 a.m. local time due to a potential security concern, a United spokesperson confirmed to HuffPost in a statement. More than 200 passengers were onboard.
The plane was evacuated and cleared by police, the Chicago Police Department said in a statement, which referred further questions to the FBI’s office in Chicago. A representative there told HuffPost its office responded to the incident and determined there was no immediate threat to public safety or to the facility.
According to a preliminary police report obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times and CBS News, the plane was diverted after someone found a note in the plane’s bathroom saying there was an explosive aboard.
A bomb-sniffing dog searched the plane and found a suspicious package, which was then handled by a robot after technicians were unable to open it, the Sun-Times reported. Police were able to question the passenger who checked in the bag, CBS reported, citing the police report.
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