Bomb threat grips DCA

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A bomb threat involving an arriving passenger jet froze all takeoffs and landings at Reagan National Airport for 20 minutes on Sunday afternoon, the FBI confirmed.

All 44 passengers, as well as crewmembers, were safe after U.S. Airways flight 2596 from Dayton, Ohio, landed in a secure area of the airport.

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