A FLIGHT from Honolulu to Los Angeles has been forced to turn around after a possible threat was found in a bathroom on board.
Flight radar shows the plane making an abrupt U-turn just an hour and a half into the flight to return to Daniel K. Inouye International in Honolulu on Tuesday night.
The flight, UA1169, left at 9:40 pm on May 20 but abruptly turned back around.
A United Airlines spokesperson reported a “potential security threat” was found on board.
The airline confirmed that the security threat was written on the bathroom mirror, KTLA reported.
No further information was provided as to what the threat said.
The spokesperson confirmed that law enforcement searched the plane after it landed.
“We are rebooking customers on another flight to Los Angeles that departs later this evening,” the spokesperson told KTLA on Wednesday morning.
The possible security threat came hours after a passenger was arrested on a Hawaiian Airlines flight departing from San Diego and heading to Honolulu.
Flight HA 15 was diverted off the tarmac as a passenger made a bomb threat.
The 283 passengers on board were forced to deplane around 10:30 am.
“During pushback from the gate, a guest was overheard making a threat to the safety of our aircraft,” a spokesperson for Hawaiian Airlines said.
“As a precaution, the captain immediately taxied the Airbus A330 to a safe location on the airfield, where it was met with local and federal law enforcement and guests were safely deplaned.”
A passenger on board filmed armed cops on board as they searched the aircraft for explosives.
“Bomb threat was called on the plane,” the passenger captioned the video.
The flight was reportedly moved to a secure location and was checked by K-9 units.
After searching the plane, authorities discovered “nothing suspicious” on board, KTLA reported.
Navy sailor Isai Solorzano told the outlet what he saw happen on the tumultuous flight.
“One guy stood up, they immediately told him to turn around and put him in handcuffs,” Solorzano said.
“They took him away.”
The arrest happened after law enforcement came on board and asked about the owner of certain containers.
Source : https://www.the-sun.com/news/14293573/united-airlines-honolulu-flight-security-concern/
