Bomb threat forces emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport

[bbernardini]

Source: WPVI-TV

PHILADELPHIA - August 7, 2013 (WPVI) -- A U.S. Airways flight from Ireland made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday after a reported bomb threat.

The call came in around 1:30 p.m. for reports of a suspicious device on Flight 777 from Shannon, Ireland.

The U.S. Airways jet has landed and was taken to a secure area to be searched.

There are reportedly 177 people onboard the plane, a Boeing 757.

Read more: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=9198583

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I just flew out of Shannon yesterday, but into Newark, not Philadelphia. Freaky, though.

[Ian David]

1. They probably called in the threat just to avoid having to change planes in Atlanta to get to Phili.

Okay, probably not.

[millennialmax]

2. It's just Obama trying to boost the NSA's popularity.

[iandhr]

3. Give it bit and that exactly what people here will say.

[bbernardini]

5. It's a sign that I read too many conspiracy theories...

I noticed that it was Flight 777, and immediately wondered how long it would be until somebody tried to tie it in to the 7-7 bombings in London. Then I looked up "777 conspiracy theories", thinking it would be some biblical thing, and it turns out the flight that crash landed in San Francisco had the same flight number. AND today is the 7th, which is the day the government said attacks might happen.

Okay, I'm starting to worry myself a bit. I'd be worried more if I actually believed any of this stuff.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Only this source

is currently describing this as a bomb threat.

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Several are now

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/international/plane_from_ireland_has_emergency_dnwQOUG67g8SbBikKlU6rK
http://www.wrex.com/story/23074431/2013/08/07/plane-met-by-fbi-in-philadelphia-after-apparent-bomb-threat
http://www.everythinglubbock.com/story/bomb-threat-forces-plane-from-ireland-to-make-emergency-landing-in-philadelphia/d/story/5ZSMYvnCa0mbP6c72S8nVQ

etc.