Wednesday, August 07, 2013

'Threat' Causes US Airways Plane To Be Isolated, Baggage And Passengers Searched

By Susan Duclos

US Airways Flight 777 traveling from Shannon, Ireland was forced  to put a recently landed plane in isolation after and unspecified and unsubstantiated threat was received. The passengers and their baggage have been removed and will be re-screened.

The plane is in isolation after passengers and their baggage was removed and will be re-screened.

Further details on the nature of the threat have not been released as of yet.

Philadelphia police and Homeland Security will be searching the passengers and the luggage. Reports say the threat was called in by an unknown male.

Bomb-sniffing dogs will then go through the plane, which is standard procedure.

This story is still developing......