American Eagle plane lands at Monroe Regional after threat

Published 12:23 pm Tuesday, September 24, 2013

MONROE (AP) — An American Eagle plane has landed at Monroe Regional Airport after a note about a bomb threat was found.

FBI spokeswoman Mary Beth Romig said 15 passengers and three crew members were aboard a commuter aircraft that landed safely Tuesday morning. American Airlines spokesman Matt Miller, in a statement, says the Embraer 140 departed Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport at 9:18 a.m. and landed in Monroe at 10:29 a.m.

Romig said no device was found aboard Flight 3648. She says agents were interviewing 15 passengers and three crew members but no suspects were immediately identified.

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The airport was shut down.

The News-Star reports (http://tnsne.ws/15qbeUj) air traffic is being diverted to Jackson, Miss.

Miller said further details would come from law enforcement.