Crime & Safety
Alaska Airlines Flight Makes Emergency Landing at Oakland Airport Monday Morning
A bomb scare on Flight 342 from Seattle
A flight made an emergency landing at the Oakland International Airport this morning just before 8 a.m.
The flight, Alaska Airlines 342 from Seattle, landed after a bomb scare.
A Fox News Report indicates that someone gave a handwritten note to an airline employee in the San Francisco International Airport saying there was a bomb aboard Flight 342.
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Several news sources are reporting that U.S. Marshalls met the plane and removed two passengers.
The 132 other passengers and crew members were taken to a holding area and re-screened.
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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office and the Transportation Security Administration found no signs of a bomb on the plane or in the
luggage, Oakland airport spokeswoman Joanne Holloway
said.
The passengers and crew were cleared and allowed to return to the
plane to retrieve carry-on items.
The FBI and the TSA are investigating the threat.
KGO's view from a helicopter of emergency teams meeting the plane is here.
Bay City News Service contributed to this report.
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