FAA, Delta Air Lines and Flight cancellations
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A flight was evacuated at LaGuardia Airport in Queens late Tuesday night after a bomb threat, Port Authority officials reported. The Delta flight was departing from Terminal C at LaGuardia around 8 p.
A Delta plane at LaGuardia Airport was evacuated on the runway due to a bomb threat Tuesday night. Delta Flight 2313 was supposed to depart for Minneapolis around 6:30 p.m. but was instead evacuated on the tarmac around 8 p.
"Prior to departure from New York LaGuardia (LGA), customers on Delta flight 2313 to Minneapolis-St. Paul (MSP) were deplaned and transported back to the terminal due to a potential security concern," Delta told BMTN.
Two bomb threats in 24 hours, including one on a flight from Houston, have passengers asking the same question: Is it still safe to fly?
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced in a news conference that there will be a 10% reduction in flights at 40 major airports at the end of the week due to the impacts of the ongoing federal government shutdown.