US EditionBomb Threat On Plane, Passenger Taken Into Custody At PIE: Reports
- An Allegiant flight 1023 departing from St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport to Roanoke on Sunday returned after a passenger made a bomb threat.
- The flight crew had to return because two passengers argued, and one threatened a bomb, forcing the plane to turn around.
- Authorities landed the plane safely at PIE, took the threatening passenger into custody, conducted a search, and found no bomb on board.
- Allegiant spokesperson Andrew Porrello confirmed that the plane safely touched down back at the airport and apologized for the disruption this incident caused to passengers.
- The flight will be re-crewed as the crew reached FAA-mandated time limits, and passengers were offered $100 vouchers with no threat to the community reported.
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Virginia-Bound Flight Grounded After "Bomb" Joke At St. Pete-Clearwater Airport
Laptop “Bomb” Scare Disrupts Flight, Passenger Detained CLEARWATER, Fla. – What started as an Allegiant flight bound for Roanoke, Virginia, took a sharp turn back to St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) this afternoon after a passenger’s ill-advised “bomb” comment sparked a major security scare. At approximately 2:03 p.m. Sunday, Allegiant Flight 1023 was alerted to […] Virginia-Bound Flight Grounded After “Bomb” Joke At St. Pete-Clea…
Flight Diverted Back to Florida Airport After Passenger Disruption
A person is in custody and law enforcement are investigating after a threat from a disruptive passenger led to an emergency diversion at the St. Pete–Clearwater International Airport (PIE) in Florida on Sunday. Allegiant Air Flight 1023, bound for Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport in Virginia, made an emergency return to PIE after “a passenger caused a disruption,” Andrew Porrello, a spokesperson for Allegiant Air, told Newsweek in an email on…
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