United flight makes emergency landing in San Francisco after alleged bomb threat, officials say

Tuesday, November 14, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO -- A United Airlines flight headed to Vancouver, Canada from Los Angeles made an emergency landing in San Francisco Monday night due to an alleged bomb threat, officials said.
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SFO's duty manager said a passenger on-board the flight announced some sort of bomb threat.

Investigators are speaking to passengers who were on board the flight.

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The flight from LAX to Vancouver landed at SFO just before 9:30 p.m. PT. Flight tracking shows the flight made it almost to Oregon before turning around. The plane was able to land at a terminal at SFO after it was determined the threat level was low.
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United said 148 passengers and eight crew members were on-board.

The flight was expected to take off en route to Vancouver at 7 a.m. PT Tuesday.
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