CHICAGO (CBS)– A flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport was diverted to Chicago after a bomb threat Wednesday morning.
Passengers were evacuated from this United plane after a bomb threat.
United Flight 1533, carrying 202 passengers, departed Newark Liberty International Airport at 6:05 a.m. and landed at O'Hare Airport at 7:44 a.m. Chicago time.
Police confirmed that passengers were evacuated and the plane was searched at a remote location at O'Hare Airport.
According to a preliminary police report, a note saying the plane would explode was found in the bathroom. CBS 2 has learned a bomb-sniffing K-9 found a suspicious bag and a robot was deployed to move it away. The police question the passenger who checked in the luggage.
The FBI is investigating.
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A passenger on the flight told CBS 2 that he boarded a bus with police and was taken back to the airport terminal. He said passengers' luggage would be checked.
“They’re taking us back to a terminal. I guess they will search our luggage and maybe question us,” the passenger said. “We were forced to leave all our belongings on the plane and have no idea what will happen next.”
This is a developing story.
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