Not one but two credible bomb threats Saturday afternoon had two F-16 fighter jets scrambled to escort two airliners to the Atlanta airport. Affected were both a Southwest and a Delta flight.
NORAD: 2 F-16 fighter jets escort 2 airliners into Atlanta airport, both planes land safely; airport: bomb threats treated as credible.
— ABC News (@ABC) January 24, 2015
BREAKING: Airport confirms Delta flight1156 and Southwest flight 2492 affected by bomb threats
— Mark Winne (@MarkWinneWSB) January 24, 2015
DEVELOPING: NORAD fighter jets escorting #Delta 1156 and #Southwest 2492 to Atlanta’s Hartsfield Jackson Airport due to bomb threats. #CNN.
— David Daniel (@CNNLADavid) January 24, 2015
Passengers from Delta flight and Southwest flight at Hartsfield Jackson Int'l Airport being evacuated due to bomb threats #11Alive
— Duffie Dixon (@DuffieDixon) January 24, 2015
Multiple sources are confirming fighter jets escorted commercial airplanes to #ATL because of credible bomb threats.
— Keith Hill (@dormgod) January 24, 2015
Passengers were evacuated from the flights, searched and interviewed while bomb squads and canine units searched the planes.
The Delta flight originated in Portland, Ore., and the Southwest flight was coming in from Milwaukee, Wis.
A Delta flight from Atlanta was forced to land at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport Jan. 17 after a bomb threat was made via Twitter, and another Delta flight was searched at JFK airport Jan. 19 after a threat was phoned in.
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Update:
WXIA in Atlanta has tracked down the threats, which were delivered via tweets. Remarkably, they’re all still live on Twitter.
JUST IN: The airlines were informed of the bomb threats via tweets…
MORE: http://t.co/Zlg5dc7abJ pic.twitter.com/457CBuPmrE
— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) January 24, 2015
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559038596934795264
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559038975223296000
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559039902814580736
https://twitter.com/DeltaAssist/status/559040522397179905
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559040887293227008
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559041143611355137
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559041806122233858
https://twitter.com/DeltaAssist/status/559044568918667264
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559044812679024640
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https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559046149202407424
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559047310207102977
https://twitter.com/kingZortic/status/559047613706547200
@kingZortic The safety of our Customers and Employees is our top priority. Your info has been given to the appropriate authorities.
— Southwest Airlines (@SouthwestAir) January 24, 2015
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.
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