A United Airlines plane with around 200 passengers on board was forced to evacuate over a bomb threat at Denver airport – the second such security scare in a matter of days. Travelers bound for Washington Dulles disembarked the plane Sunday night while the jet was screened over a “security concern,” a United Airlines spokesperson told 9News. Footage, obtained by Storyful, showed cop cars surrounding the jet and emergency crews standing on steps by the plane’s doors.
Passengers were given food inside the terminal and no explosive was found. The Airbus A321neo twin jet plane left Denver just after 11:30 p.m. local time – more than five and half hours later than planned – and landed at Dulles at 4:28 a.m. Monday. The scare came just a day after a United Airlines flight heading to LaGuardia was diverted to Pittsburgh over fears of a potential bomb on board.
