Live! US plane diverted after bomb scare

June 11, 2013 20:17

Southwest Airlines flight bound for Texas from Los Angeles with 143 passengers aboard was forced to land in Phoenix on Monday after a telephoned bomb threat. US fighter jets were diverted to monitor the situation, authorities said.

Southwest Airlines flight 2675 landed safely in Phoenix, the state capital of Arizona and all passengers on board were taken off without incident, the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and Southwest said.

The Austin-bound flight was diverted at the request of the Los Angeles Police Department after an unidentified caller made a bomb threat against a commercial flight from Los Angeles to Texas, according to Southwest and the FBI.

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