A Hawaiian Airlines plane was evacuated on Tuesday shortly before takeoff at San Diego International Airport after a passenger made a bomb threat.
“During pushback from the gate, a guest was overheard making a threat to the safety of our aircraft,” the airline said in a statement, per ABC 10 News. “As a precaution, the captain immediately taxied the Airbus A330 to a safe location on the airfield, where it was met with local and federal law enforcement and guests were safely deplaned.”
The flight was bound for Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu with a scheduled 8:28 a.m. departure time. The airline said the plane had 283 passengers and 10 crew members onboard.
NBC News San Diego reported that dozens of patrol cars and unmarked black SUVs were seen parked around the plane.
San Diego Harbor Police Sgt. Jose Torres told KPBS that the situation was still being assessed on Tuesday afternoon. He said the plane has been moved to a secure area and bomb-sniffing dogs were brought in to examine the luggage.
The incident did not result in any issues with airport operations and any delays shown on FlightAware were not related to the incident, the airport said in a statement.
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