United Airlines Flight Diverted Due to Bomb Threat, Deemed Noncredible
Flight 1909 from Los Angeles to Vancouver makes emergency landing in San Francisco, leaving 148 passengers stranded overnight
- United Airlines Flight 1909, traveling from Los Angeles to Vancouver, was diverted to San Francisco due to a bomb threat sent via iPhone's AirDrop.
- The threat was made while the plane was about 125 miles north of Sacramento, leading to an emergency landing at San Francisco International Airport at 9:23 p.m.
- The plane carried 148 passengers and eight crew members, who were left stranded overnight at the airport.
- FBI investigators boarded the plane upon landing and determined the threat to be noncredible.
- The flight was rescheduled to depart the following morning at 7 a.m. local time.