Newark-Liberty airport police on Thursday received an unspecified bomb threat to a British Airways flight en route from London’s Heathrow Airport.
Emergency crews at Newark international airport are awaiting a passenger plane from London that was the subject of a bomb threat
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British Airways flight 185 arrived safely at 1 p.m. and was immediately surrounded by port authority police.
Watch a bomb-sniffing dog check luggage at Newark airport in NJ after a bomb threat was reportedly called in. pic.twitter.com/LBHDizLVR0
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Someone used a pay phone at Newark to call in the threat, according to Fox News. The person making the threat claimed to have ties with the Islamic State.
Law Enf source confirms threat called in from inside Newark Airport terminal claiming bomb on BA flight from London, claimed ISIS ties
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The Boeing 777-200 was carrying 206 passengers and 13 crewmembers.
Ground controllers relocated the aircraft to a remote part of the tarmac. Passengers evacuated and the authorities rescreened the aircraft and associated luggage with bomb-sniffing dogs.
This threat comes a few hours after Los Angeles authorities deemed a bomb threat ‘non-credible’ to American Eagle flight 5931.
