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“Updated 7/25 4:26 PM ET
Breaking News >> Flight Returns to Sea-Tac Airport After Someone Claims Bomb on Board
SEATAC, Wash. -- A Northwest Airlines flight returned to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on Wednesday after a man said there was a bomb on the plane.
Airport spokeswoman Terri Anne Betancourt said a passenger who had cleared a security checkpoint told an employee at the gate that a bomb was on the flight. The man was arrested, but it was not immediately clear why the flight was allowed to take off before being ordered back.
Betancourt said Northwest Airlines flight 980 was scheduled to fly to Memphis but returned to Sea-Tac just after 1 p.m. The Airbus A320 taxied to the West side of the runways and was met by police and fire department personnel. Betancourt said the man was ticketed to be on the flight but did not board and did not check any luggage. Investigators do not believe the threat was credible, she said.