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United Airlines flight makes emergency landing after pilots fear bomb onboard 79%
4/19/2026, 1:00:32 AM
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Now to a close call in the skies. United Airlines flight diverted to Pittsburgh over fears of a possible bomb threat.
Passengers use emergency slides to evacuate the plane. The FBI now involved in the investigation.
Here's ABC's Alex Presha with new details just coming in.
Tonight, terror on the tarmac.
Stay close to the few slides. Slide down the flat.
Look as the 159 passengers and six crew members aboard this United Airlines flight race to evacuate using the emergency slides at Pittsburgh's airport.
The pilots on board who were flying from Chicago to New York were forced to make an emergency landing and evacuate over a reported threat with an unknown device.
Listen as they briefed air traffic controllers.
We got an issue up here.
We're getting a sequential beeping suspected item on board.
We're going to have to start treating this as a potential bomb.
You got to slide down the flat.
The pilot saying a beeping noise sounded like it was coming from underneath the floorboards.
We're going to do go ahead and start dispersing so we can get things settled.
It's a beeping noise sequential one beep per second.
The plane diverting to Pittsburgh where the Allegheny County Police had its bomb squad waiting to inspect the 737 jet.
Tonight where the Allegheny County Police say they have completed the search of that plane and found nothing.
The flight was back in the air. It landed safely in New York just moments ago.
With encouraging news there. Alex Presha with those new developments.
Thank you.
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