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United flight forced to make emergency landing in St Louis after passenger made bomb threat, report says
The Boeing 737-700 with 119 passengers was delayed over five hours while bomb squads found no explosives and the suspect was arrested, authorities said.
- On Sunday, Nov. 16, United Airlines Flight 380 diverted to St. Louis Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, landing around 8:39 a.m. to address a potential safety concern.
- An unidentified male passenger allegedly said there was a bomb in his wife's luggage, prompting the diversion; this is the second bomb threat on a United flight in roughly two weeks, following the November 4 incident.
- Passengers were evacuated to the concourse and waited while bomb and arson teams plus K‑9 units searched the plane for more than two hours and found nothing.
- Authorities arrested an unidentified male passenger and the Federal Bureau of Investigation joined local investigators; airport officials said no passengers were injured and the flight later continued.
- Broader aviation trends show repeated onboard threats and stressed staffing, as a number of similar incidents in recent months exposed Federal Aviation Administration flight cuts and air traffic controller pressures at major U.S. airports.
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Kevin Carter / Getty Images A United Airlines Flight bound for Chicago was forced to make an emergency landing after a passenger said his wife was carrying a bomb, according to news reports. A male passenger onboard flight 380 was arrested after saying the device was inside his wife’s luggage, the…
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