Flight cleared after bomb threat at Philly airport
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An airline spokeswoman says it was a domestic dispute that led to a bomb threat that forced security to sweep a flight at Philadelphia International Airport.
Nothing suspicious was found and the plane has been returned into service.
Air Wisconsin spokeswoman Annette Daly says a passenger on the flight from Norfolk, Va., to Philadelphia had received threatening text messages Tuesday morning. Daly says they alluded to a bomb on the plane.
The plane landed in Philadelphia and the 23 passengers got off safely.
Authorities say the plane was taken to a remote location at the airport. Security swept the aircraft and found nothing.
Philadelphia police say the man who made the threat is in custody in Virginia.
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