Los Angeles:
The FBI says investigators have found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found scrawled on a bathroom mirror.
The flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport late on Tuesday, after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was spotted on a bathroom mirror on the plane.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said airport officials were notified at 7:15 p.m. (1415 GMT) Tuesday of the alleged threat.
The plane landed just before 9 pm (0400 GMT Wednesday) and was taken to a remote area of the airport, where passengers exited the plane.
Investigators conducted a thorough search of the plane and found no evidence to suggest a credible threat to the aircraft existed. All passengers were immediately removed from the plane, interviewed and released. There were no arrests.
Thai Airways president Piyasvasti Amranand told The Associated Press that the message, written in English with bad grammar, warned that a bomb was on the plane.
"This must have caused some nuisance to the passengers," he said by phone from Singapore. "It sounds like it was done by a crazy person."
Thai Airways said in a statement that there were 171 passengers and 18 crew members on board.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said there were 18 fire trucks and fire engines on standby when the plane landed.
The flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport late on Tuesday, after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was spotted on a bathroom mirror on the plane.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said airport officials were notified at 7:15 p.m. (1415 GMT) Tuesday of the alleged threat.
The plane landed just before 9 pm (0400 GMT Wednesday) and was taken to a remote area of the airport, where passengers exited the plane.
Investigators conducted a thorough search of the plane and found no evidence to suggest a credible threat to the aircraft existed. All passengers were immediately removed from the plane, interviewed and released. There were no arrests.
Thai Airways president Piyasvasti Amranand told The Associated Press that the message, written in English with bad grammar, warned that a bomb was on the plane.
"This must have caused some nuisance to the passengers," he said by phone from Singapore. "It sounds like it was done by a crazy person."
Thai Airways said in a statement that there were 171 passengers and 18 crew members on board.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said there were 18 fire trucks and fire engines on standby when the plane landed.
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