NJ-bound Delta flight compelled to return to Boston airport over alleged threats

A New Jersey-bound Delta airplane was compelled to return to a Boston airport Sunday after police obtained an nameless tip {that a} passenger allegedly made threats in opposition to the flight, Massachusetts state authorities stated.

The flight went again to Logan Worldwide Airport Sunday afternoon the place an unidentified man was taken off Delta Airways Flight 5770, in line with the Massachusetts State Police, the Boston Herald reported.  

The passenger’s two carry-on baggage had been searched by the state police bomb squad and bomb-sniffing canines, authorities stated.

No weapons had been discovered and the passenger didn’t examine any baggage.

The flight was disrupted after “an nameless third get together caller” contacted a New Jersey police company {that a} passenger “had allegedly made threats associated to the security of the flight,” state police reportedly stated.

The person has not been charged because the investigation is ongoing, the Herald reported.

Delta Airways referred questions in regards to the incident to Republic Airways, which was working the flight for Delta, according to the Boston Globe. Republic Airways apologized for the delay, the newspaper reported.

The flight took off once more Sunday evening en path to Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport, in line with a flight tracker.