Spirit jetliner re-lands at Lauderdale airport after bomb threat
sun-sentinel.com
Posted June 7 2004, 1:38 PM EDT
FORT LAUDERDALE -- A Spirit Airlines jetliner bound for Atlantic City with 131 people aboard re-landed at the international airport Monday afternoon after the airline received a bomb threat.
The 126 passengers and five crewmembers exited Flight 262. No injuries were reported, said Jim Reynolds, spokesman for Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport.
The plane, an MD-80, was taken to a remote area at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport where the baggage was unloaded and searched, then the plane.
Spirit, meanwhile, was expected to bring in another airplane to take the passengers and their cleared baggage to their destination.
Reynolds said Flight 262 took off around 11 a.m. It re-landed at the airport at 12:10 a.m. after the airline received the threat.
Details of the threat were not immediately known.
Local and federal police agencies are investigating the threat
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June 8th:
1. Transit of Venus.
2. Mohammed's Birthday.
3. The 8th is a Tuesday.
New AQ warning today.
I would not be suprised to hear of a few operations taking place within the next couple of days.