United Airways flight diverted to Chicago following reported bomb scare

A United Airways flight travelling to Los Angeles was diverted to Chicago after a reported bomb scare, prompted by a observe within the airplane rest room.

The plane landed safely on the Chicago O’Hare Worldwide Airport at round 7.40am native time on Wednesday, in keeping with the Federal Aviation Authority (FAA), and all passengers had been evacuated.

The Boeing 787 departed from Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport and was headed to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, earlier than crew members reported the “safety concern”.

Following passenger evacuation, the plane was searched at a distant location at O’Hare Airport.

In keeping with a preliminary police report, per CBS, a observe was discovered within the rest room stating the airplane would blow up. The outlet additionally reported {that a} bomb-sniffing Ok-9 unit discovered one suspicious bag, and a robotic was deployed to maneuver it away.

Police are questioning the passenger who checked that bag and an airline supply stated the canine linked a scent from the threatening observe and the bag, CBS reported.

Nonetheless, in an announcement shared with The Impartial a spokesperson from FBI Chicago stated there was no “imminent” menace to the general public.

“Early this morning, FBI-Chicago and native companions responded to an incident with an plane at O’Hare Airport. There isn’t any indication that there’s an imminent menace to public security or the power itself presently,” the assertion learn.

One particular person on the flight stated that passengers had been advised to depart all belongings on the plane and had been taken again to the terminal by police with a police escort. He advised CBS passengers’ baggage had been being checked.

“They’re taking us again to a terminal I assume they are going to undergo baggage, perhaps query us,” the passenger stated, chatting with the outlet because the incident unfolded. “We had been pressured to depart all of our stuff on the airplane and do not know what is going on subsequent.”

One other passenger described the evacuation and in addition stated he needed to go away all the things he had on the airplane.

“I’d say two hours in, they stated we had been making an emergency touchdown in Chicago, they did not say why,” the passenger advised CBS. “We could not get out of our seats, so after they landed, they stated that somebody had written on the mirror in one of many bogs that there was a bomb.”

A spokesperson for United Airways advised The Impartial that the flight was anticipated to depart for Los Angeles in a while Wendesday afternoon.