Thai Airways plane departs Los Angeles airport after bomb hoax
By Raquel Maria Dillon, APWednesday, September 8, 2010
Plane departs Los Angeles after bomb hoax
LOS ANGELES — A Thai Airways jetliner has left Los Angeles International Airport on its way to Bangkok after it was sidelined by a bomb threat.
Airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez says the plane left Los Angeles at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The plane was heading to Los Angeles late Tuesday when the threat was discovered scrawled on a restroom mirror.
The Airbus A340-500 landed safely and was searched by the FBI, which found no evidence of a credible threat.
Passengers were interviewed but there were no arrests.
A Thai Airways statement says the plane’s departure from Los Angeles was delayed for several hours.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Thai Airways jetliner has left Los Angeles International Airport on its way to Bangkok after it was sidelined by a bomb threat.
Airport spokesman Albert Rodriguez says the plane left Los Angeles at about 2:30 a.m. Wednesday.
The plane was heading to Los Angeles late Tuesday when the threat was discovered scrawled on a restroom mirror.
The Airbus A340-500 landed safely and was searched by the FBI, which found no evidence of a credible threat.
Passengers were interviewed but there were no arrests.
A Thai Airways statement says the plane’s departure from Los Angeles was delayed for several hours.
