Credible” bomb threat made against flights at Hartsfield

“Credible” bomb threats were made Saturday against two flights bound for Atlanta, an airport spokesman said.
Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport spokesman Reese McCrainie told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at 3 p.m. that both flights — Delta 1156 and Southwest 2492 — had landed and were sitting on a taxiway waiting to be swept by the Atlanta police Bomb Squad.
McCranie would not say how the threats were received, only that, “we believe the threats to be credible.”

Passengers are taken off a Delta plane on a taxiway at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport after a bomb threat was received against the flight. WSB-TV photo.

The passengers were being removed from the planes, and Runway 27L has been closed, McCranie said.


The Delta flight arrived from Portland, Ore., while the Southwest plane arrived from Milwaukee, Wisc.
Witnesses reported seeing multiple emergency vehicles on the tarmac, and the Federal Aviation Administration said just before 3 p.m. that departing flights were experiencing gate holds and delays of up to 30 minutes due to a bomb threat.
SOURCE : http://www.ajc.com