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United Flight Diverted To Las Vegas Airport After ‘Potential Security Concern’
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 25, 10:46 AM PDT
updated Oct 25, 12:34 PM PDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by Las Vegas Review-Journal, KLAS (8 News Now CBS) and KVVU (FOX5 Las Vegas), not yet confirmed.
What Happened
A United flight was diverted back to the Las Vegas airport following a passenger disturbance and potential security concern, KLAS and the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported. Police detained a man accused of making threats of terrorism on the flight out of Las Vegas, KVVU reported.
Written by our system from the sources below (3), version 3, Oct 26, 11:21 AM PDT. Official warnings are never rewritten: they are quoted as issued.
- Police detain man accused of making threats of terrorism on flight out of Las Vegas · KVVU (FOX5 Las Vegas)
- United flight returns to Las Vegas airport after 'passenger disturbance' · KLAS (8 News Now CBS)
- United flight diverted to Las Vegas airport after ‘potential security concern’ · Las Vegas Review-Journal
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How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
No official source confirms this yet. It is reported, not confirmed.
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