A Spirit Airlines flight from Detroit was evacuated Thursday morning over a bomb threat, according to reports.
Passengers on the flight had to deboard.
The Los Angeles-bound plane was boarded and sitting on the tarmac at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, when passengers were forced to deplane over the scare, The Hill reported.
A flight attendant on Spirit Airlines.
Passengers reboarding the LA-bound flight.
All passengers were safely removed and taken to a nearby terminal, while law enforcement swept the aircraft for threats and apparently found none.
Police found no threat after initial aircraft sweep.
“The Guests were rescreened, and the aircraft was inspected and cleared by law enforcement,” a spokesperson for the airline said. “The safety of our Guests and Team Members is our top priority, and we are working to get our Guests to their destination as soon as possible.”
Multiple precautions were taken to ensure the flight was safe to depart.
Police directing traffic at the scene.
After eventually reboarding, the flight later departed for LA.
It remains unclear exactly where the threat came from, and the incident remains under investigation.
The scare was the latest in a tumultuous year for plane travel.
January kicked off with a devastating collision between an American Airlines passenger jet and a US military helicopter at Reagan National Airport in Washington, DC, which left 67 people dead in the icy waters of the Potomac River.
Weeks later, a medical transport Learjet slammed into a Philadelphia street and exploded in a ball of fire, killing four people onboard and two more on the street.
The next month, a Delta passenger jet rolled over during a rough landing at the Toronto airport and came to a stop completely upside down and in flames, though everybody onboard made it out without serious injury.
By spring, Newark International Airport began to command headlines as mounting delays and canceled flights at the busy travel hub were blamed on a shortage of air traffic controllers and outdated infrastructure.
