Jul 25, 2008 10:57 am US/Eastern
Bomb Threat Delays Flights At LI MacArthur Airport
Call Made Regarding Southwest Airline Flight Headed To Chicago
RONKONKOMA, N.Y. (CBS) ―
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Bomb squad units were on hand at MacArthur airport Friday morning, investigating a threatening call made to Southwest Airline's operations center in Houston.
CBS
At least four outgoing flights have been delayed at New York's MacArthur Airport after a bomb threat was called into a Southwest Airlines office in Houston.
Officials with the town of Islip, which operates the Long Island airport, and a Southwest spokeswoman said the threat was received about Flight 2622 from Long Island to Chicago. It was called into Southwest's reservations office in Houston shortly before the scheduled takeoff at 7 a.m. Friday.
Chopper 2 HD captured images of TSA officials and bomb-sniffing dogs sweeping the terminal and the affected plane. The Southwest concourse was evacuated into the main terminal while Suffolk Police Department completed their investigation.
Please stay tuned to CBS 2 and WCBSTV.com for the latest on this developing story.
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