Flight resumes after threat forced pilot to divert
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February 20, 2010, Saturday
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A UNITED Airlines jetliner that made an emergency landing on Thursday after a threatening note was found in the galley resumed its flight after seven hours on the ground.
Flight 741, carrying 168 passengers and six crew, was en route from Denver to San Francisco when a flight attendant found the note and the pilot decided to divert to Salt Lake City.
Police searched the 757 for explosives, although airline spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said early reports that the threat contained a reference to a bomb were incorrect.
"I can't tell you what was in it, but I can tell you what wasn't," Urbanski said. She said the threat was considered credible by the pilot and crew.
Salt Lake City International Airport officials and the local FBI office initially cited reports of a bomb threat.
FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram said law enforcement searched the plane for explosives and "cleared it."
The plane left Denver and landed at Salt Lake City International Airport about an hour and 20 minutes later.
The pilot announced the discovery of the "credible threat" to passengers over the intercom and said the plane would land in Salt Lake City.
"I was anxious, I'll tell you that," said Todd Rodvold, 44, who was heading to California on business and called the experience a "movie-type deal."
"I just wanted to get on the ground," he said.
Mary Beth Winski, 65, of Durango, called the pilot's announcement "surreal."
Once on the ground, each passenger was interviewed by the FBI.
Flight 741, carrying 168 passengers and six crew, was en route from Denver to San Francisco when a flight attendant found the note and the pilot decided to divert to Salt Lake City.
Police searched the 757 for explosives, although airline spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said early reports that the threat contained a reference to a bomb were incorrect.
"I can't tell you what was in it, but I can tell you what wasn't," Urbanski said. She said the threat was considered credible by the pilot and crew.
Salt Lake City International Airport officials and the local FBI office initially cited reports of a bomb threat.
FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram said law enforcement searched the plane for explosives and "cleared it."
The plane left Denver and landed at Salt Lake City International Airport about an hour and 20 minutes later.
The pilot announced the discovery of the "credible threat" to passengers over the intercom and said the plane would land in Salt Lake City.
"I was anxious, I'll tell you that," said Todd Rodvold, 44, who was heading to California on business and called the experience a "movie-type deal."
"I just wanted to get on the ground," he said.
Mary Beth Winski, 65, of Durango, called the pilot's announcement "surreal."
Once on the ground, each passenger was interviewed by the FBI.
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