Delta Airlines said Monday night that a bomb threat
involving Delta flight 468 caused two of its planes tied to the same
number to be deplaned and searched at New York's John F. Kennedy
International Airport.
"Earlier this evening, another airline received a threat regarding Delta
flight 468. Delta currently operates two aircraft under that specific
flight number -- San Francisco to New York-JFK which is currently on the
ground at New York-JFK and New York-JFK to Tel Aviv, currently in the
boarding process," Delta said in a statement.
"Proper security procedures are being followed for both aircraft. Delta
has passed this information along to federal authorities."
The plane that had come in from San Francisco was a Boeing 757 with 171 passengers, and the one slated to fly to Tel Aviv, Israel, was a Boeing 777 with 215 passengers.
Passengers were bussed from the tarmac to the terminal while the planes
were searched. Both planes were given the all clear to take off, the FBI
said in a tweet.
Andrew O'Boyle, a passenger on the arriving plane, said everything was
going smoothly until the plane landed. Then the plane was surrounded.
"It's really quite surreal when something like that happens. You don't
know how you’re going to react or everyone around you is going to
react," he told ABC News.
"I'm just happy everything went smoothly and we're all safe."
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