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2 Delta planes searched after bomb threat at JFK airport (PHOTOS)

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Jan 20, 2015

Two Delta Air Lines planes were searched Monday at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport following a bomb threat, ABC News reports.

"Earlier this evening, another airline received a threat regarding Delta Flight 468. Delta currently operates two aircraft under that specific flight number – San Francisco to New York-JFK, which is currently on the ground at New York-JFK, and New York-JFK to Tel Aviv, currently in the boarding process," the airline said in a statement.
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All 171 passengers were evacuated from the San Francisco-New York plane, a Boeing 757, according to New York's WABC-TV. The flight to Tel Aviv, a Boeing 777 carrying 215 passengers, was not evacuated.

Authorities said no bomb was found in the search, which reportedly took about three hours.

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