SALT LAKE CITY — A United Airlines jetliner that made an emergency landing Thursday after a threatening note was found in the galley resumed its flight after seven hours on the ground. Flight 741, carrying 168 passengers and six crew, was en route from Denver to San Francisco when a flight attendant found the note and the pilot decided to divert to Salt Lake City.
Police searched the 757 for explosives, although airline spokeswoman Robin Urbanski said early reports that the threat contained a reference to a bomb were incorrect. FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram said law enforcement searched the plane for explosives and “cleared it.”
The pilot announced the discovery of the “credible threat” to passengers over the intercom.
“I was anxious, I’ll tell you that,” said Todd Rodvold, 44, of Denver, who called the experience a “movie-type deal.” “I just wanted to get on the ground.”
Mary Beth Winski, 65, of Durango called the pilot’s announcement “surreal.” The Associated Press
