The United Airlines flight at Newark Airport is being searched by K9 units for ‘a passenger made a bomb threat on board’ and was taken to a hospital
- A United Airlines flight was searched Sunday at the intestinal site at Newark Liberty Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat, reports suggest
- An image of the plane posted on Twitter shows a convoy of emergency vehicles at New Jersey Airport
- Airline and airport spokesman said the passenger who made the threat was taken to a hospital to a hospital
- Passengers were later returned to the airport terminal and no injuries were reported after the incident
A United Airlines flight was searched on the gut plane at Newark Liberty Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat on board.
An unidentified passenger on United Flight 2304 who arrived at New Jersey airport just after 4.30pm had threatened that there was a bomb on board, authorities said.
“The crew reported that one of the passengers had made a threat,” a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey confirmed to DailyMail.com.
A Twitter user showed a picture Sunday night with a convoy of emergency vehicles at New Jersey airport.
A United Airlines flight (pictured) was searched at Newark Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat on board, reports suggest
A Twitter user uploaded images (pictured) with a convoy of emergency vehicles at New Jersey Airport on Sunday night
Images from the social media post showed a staircase climbing to the open door of the plane when K9 units were brought in to search for a possible bomb
Images (pictured) from the K9 investigation were also posted in a report by the Lakewood Scoop on the bomb threat on the flight
Trunk is pictured being inspected by bomb-sniffing dogs in a picture posted with a story by the Lakewood Scoop about the bomb threat
The spokeswoman said the passenger was taken to a hospital but had no further information on why the person was taken, or if they were injured.
A United Airlines spokesman told DailyMail that the person who made the threat was taken to a hospital for an unspecified medical emergency.
No injuries were reported and no other information was available.
A police officer is seen flying the plane in an image posted in a Lakewood Scoop report of the bomb threat. The pilot’s announcement informed everyone on board about the passenger’s threat, according to the Lakewood Scoop
An announcement from a pilot on the plane informed everyone on board about the passenger’s threat, according to a report from the Lakewood Scoop.
A suspect seen in video posted by Lakewood Scoop was taken off the plane when K-9 units were brought in to check luggage lying on the casing plate.
Once the bags were removed, they were returned to passengers, the Lakewood Scoop reported.
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