Southwest B737 and Delta B738 near Atlanta on Jan 24th 2015, tweeted bomb threat

Last Update: January 25, 2015 / 17:26:15 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 24, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-2492

Departure
Milwaukee, United States

Destination
Atlanta, United States

Aircraft Registration
N908WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-700, registration N908WN performing flight WN-2492 from Milwaukee,WI to Atlanta,GA (USA) with 86 passengers, was nearing Atlanta.

A Delta Airlines Boeing 737-900, registration N802DN performing flight DL-1156 from Portland,OR to Atlanta,GA (USA), was nearing Atlanta.

At that time a tweet was received by Delta Airlines indicating that a bomb had been smuggled on board of their aircraft, the poster of that tweet however had forgotten which flight it was asking for help to identify the aircraft. The following exchange of tweets resulted in further threats against other aircraft in case of action against the poster of the tweets.

The FBI rated the threat serious, fighter aircraft were dispatched to accompany both aircraft to safe landings in Atlanta. The aircraft taxied to a remote area of the airport.

A search of aircraft, passengers and luggage did not find any traces of explosives.

Southwest airlines confirmed one of their aircraft was involved in a "security situation".
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
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Date of Registration
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jan 24, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Southwest Airlines

Flight number
WN-2492

Departure
Milwaukee, United States

Destination
Atlanta, United States

Aircraft Registration
N908WN

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-700

ICAO Type Designator
B737

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