Threat forces plane to Seattle to be searched at Atlanta’s airport, police say

ATLANTA – A reported threat forced some passengers traveling from Atlanta to Seattle to be late until Monday morning.

Atlanta police said a reported threat had searched a plane that was scheduled to leave Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport at around 11 p.m. on Sunday evening. Police said passengers had flown out of the airfield and security teams swept through the plane with K-9s.

These passengers were rebooked for a flight on Monday morning.

Investigators did not disclose the exact nature of the threat and did not state that anything was found at the security checkpoint.

Nobody was injured.

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