“Credible” bomb threat made against flights at Hartsfield

[inanna]

Source: Atlanta Journal-Constitution

3:26 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015

“Credible” bomb threats were made Saturday against two flights bound for Atlanta, an airport spokesman said.

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport spokesman Reese McCrainie told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution at 3 p.m. that both flights — Delta 1156 and Southwest 2492 — had landed and were sitting on a taxiway waiting to be swept by the Atlanta police Bomb Squad.

McCranie would not say how the threats were received, only that, “we believe the threats to be credible.”

The passengers were being removed from the planes, and Runway 27L has been closed, McCranie said.

Read more: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/faa-bomb-threat-delaying-flights-at-hartsfield/njwYh/?ecmp=ajc_social_twitter_2014_sfp

[Roland99]

1. Two other bomb threats against Delta flights earlier in the week, too

One was in-air from ATL to RDU and I think the other was headed to JFK

[inanna]

2. FBI investigating ‘credible’ bomb threats at Atlanta airport (WSB-TV Atlanta)

Updated: 3:58 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015

ATLANTA —Bomb threats are causing delays at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

Channel 2's Mark Winne learned that NORAD fighter jets escorted two airline flights into the airport due to credible threats of bombs on board.

The Atlanta airport told Winne that Delta flight 1156 from Portland, Oregon, and Southwest flight 2492 from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were affected by the threats.

Channel 2's Mark Winne confirms the threats were made on Twitter.

Link: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/bomb-threat-reported-hartsfield-jackson-internatio/njwYf/

Video at link.

[Raine1967]

5. Thank you for the extra Information.

I deleted my previous post as the AJC failed to gather the information about WHERE the flights were coming from.

[inanna]

3. Twitter feed here:

https://twitter.com/wsbtv

[inanna]

6. WSB-TV Atlanta Live Steam

http://www.wsbtv.com/news/wsbtv-live-news/

[inanna]

7. More:

Updated: 4:21 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015

Southwest Airlines released the following statement Saturday afternoon:

"Due a security situation, the aircraft operating Flight 2492 was taken to a remote area of the airport where Customers and the aircraft are being rescreened. Our number one priority is the Safety of our Customers and People. We cannot comment on the nature of the security situation."

Delta PIO Morgan Durrant told Channel 2 Action News there is always an ongoing concern about security. He said he couldn't comment on the threats.

He said Delta flight 1156 was taken to a taxi way of the airport to have officials sweep the plane for security . He said the plane was inbound to Atlanta from Portland. He said they would re-book passengers that needed connections. He is working to find out how many people were on the flight.

Updated Link: http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/bomb-threat-reported-hartsfield-jackson-internatio/njwYf/

[SheilaT]

8. I'd be very interested in finding out what exactly makes these threats credible.

I used to work at Washington National Airport, in in the mid-70's bomb threats were annoyingly common. There was never a bomb. It finally got to the point where they stopped closing the airport when a threat was phoned in, and just quietly went around searching.

Never a bomb.

And why would flights from two far-apart cities be targeted?

[bigworld]

9. This is credible? Sounds like a 14 year old jacking around to me.

https://twitter.com/kingZortic

[inanna]

10. Bomb threat made on social media targeting Atlanta bound flights

Updated: Jan 24, 2015 5:10 PM EST

CBS46 has learned bomb threats were made via social media targeting two flights headed to Atlanta.

A source tells CBS46 tweets were made threatening Delta flight 1156 from Portland to Atlanta Saturday afternoon.

The tweets were sent to one of Delta's Twitter accounts at about noon. It read "I have a bomb on one of your planes, but I forgot which one when I left the airport. Can you help me find it?"

The person claimed to have smuggled the bomb through a back entrance at the airport and placed the bomb on the back of the plane. They also claimed to have a friend in airport security help them get through.

The person ended the conversation by threatening more flights if anything were to happen to them.

Read more: http://www.wfsb.com/story/27931576/social-media-threat-made-against-atlanta-bound-flight#ixzz3PmR7TRzq

What an incredibly sick, twisted psychopathic piece of shit.

[Raine1967]

11. An incredibly sick, twisted psychopathic piece of shit who will be found and

see the inside of a jail.


This sh*t pisses me off.

[inanna]

13. +++++++++!

I really hope he/she/they will be found.

Just glad nobody was hurt.

[freshwest]

14. +1

[SheilaT]

15. Oh, jeez.

People say anything and everything on social media. I suppose we shouldn't ignore everything, but you'd think the people in charge could have a better handle on what's actually credible and what is not.

[cynzke]

18. The details get more

absurd as they come to light.

[LeftyMom]

12. Flying into/out of Atlanta is already a nightmare.

Every time I go through there they've moved my gate so far it's technically in South Carolina and I start to wonder if I need a connecting flight to get to my connecting flight.

[iandhr]

16. I hope who ever did this

rots in jail for a long time.

[inanna]

17. FBI searches for suspect in Atlanta airport bomb threats

7:20 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015

<snip>

FBI agents said they are now on a manhunt to find the Twitter user who posted the threats.

“Typically on these things, there's a trail. Whether you want ... to or not, you leave a trail,” Johnson said.

<snip>

The FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the threats, Johnson told Winne.

He said it is too early to call the incidents a terror threat.

“We’ll be going through all the feeds and onboard Wi-Fi,” Johnson said.

He said whoever posted the threats has committed several federal crimes.

Link: http://www.ajc.com/news/news/national/bomb-threat-reported-hartsfield-jackson-internatio/njwZY/