LOS ANGELES(AP)
A Qantas jetliner has departed from Los Angeles for Australia
after the airline and law enforcement authorities determined a bomb
threat was a hoax.
The flight scheduled to leave for Sydney at 10 a.m. finally left
at just after 11:30 p.m.
Qantas spokesman Lloyd Quartermaine says the threat that came as
a phone call to law enforcement "has been assessed as a
hoax." He says as a precaution Qantas worked with U.S.
authorities to inspect the aircraft.
The plane's 347 passengers and 20 crew members had to
deplane while FBI agents searched the airplane and the luggage for
about six hours but found no explosives.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller says agents are investigating who
made the threat.
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