TSA: Female Passenger Made Bomb Threat Before Newark Airport Landing

A plane landing at Newark Airport was met by police after a female passenger made a bomb threat in the air.

02/16/2020 7:54 p.m.

Authorities removed the woman from United Flight 2329 from Chicago after landing at 9:40 p.m. a TSA spokesperson said.

Officials swept the plane and found nothing dangerous on board. The woman was taken to a local hospital for evaluation.

New York Daily News Knicks writer Stefan Bondy was on board, live-tweeting the incident.

Passengers were allowed to disembark after about 40 minutes.

It was not clear if the woman was facing any charges.

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