NEWS: Bomb Threat on Southwest Flight from Chicago to Phoenix

Per MSNBC TV, the plane has been turned around. Reports saying the flight number is 1003.
Still developing.


[Edited on 9-1-2004 by SkepticOverlord]

good good, working on the story as we speak.

Well that's not good news... When will people learn not to bring bombs through security? Maybe we should have a Plane Boarding For Dummies book.

MSNBC reporting the plane is on the ground, the passengers are being taken off the plane.
The threat was phoned in from a payphone in the Chicago area.

"Around 3:40 p.m. Friday, City Aviation Department spokesman Monique Bond confirmed that the plane had turned back.

The flight reportedly took off at 3:05 p.m. and landed back at Midway at 3:45 p.m. Ed Stewart, a Southwest Airlines spokesman said at 4 p.m. that the 125 passengers had deplaned and were preparing to board another flight. "
www.nbc5.com...

MSNBC reporting no bomb found, all passengers safe.

A flight from Chicago O'Hare to Omaha was found to have "some putty with wires sticking out" in the lavatory after it had landed in Omaha.
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What in the world is going on??