Chicago Bound Flight Evacuated at Indianapolis

ABC News Radio | December 26, 2003

[Barnacle]

WLS Radio Chicago announced that a Chicago bound flight was evacuated at Indianapolis International Airport after a suspicious package was discovered.

[Barnacle]

Developing

[EggsAckley]

bump for later

[Just another Joe]

Bump for more info later.

[RightWhale]

There's worse places to be stranded. There's . . . uh . . . Ontario after midnight when you are diverted from LAX.

[Ragirl]

Dr. Ruth is on CNN right now.

[Pro-Bush]

Bump/Ping

Yikes, Chicago bound!

[Cindy]

WTHR.com
http://www.wthr.com

INDYSTAR.com
http://www.indystar.com

[ladyinred]

Hopefully nothing.

[Cindy]

WRTV.com - THE INDY CHANNEL
http://www.theindychannel.com/index.html

[Cindy]

As of this post...WTHR.com has the latest update regarding the plane.

[Ragirl]

They are saying everything is clear.

[Southack]

This is the second attempt on Chicago today.

Posted on 12/26/2003 2:07:03 PM CST by freeperfromnj "(1010 WINS) (NEWARK) A family was removed Friday from a United Airlines jet because of a suspicious package, and a man was questioned by police at Newark Liberty International Airport, authorities said.

Flight 645 to Chicago was delayed over 90 minutes before being allowed to depart without the family, said Daniel Maynard, a spokesman for the airport's operator, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey."

Chicago Flight

[The Mayor]

Indianapolis, Dec. 26 (AP) - An American Airlines jet was evacuated and searched Friday after a suspicious-looking device was discovered as the plane prepared to land.

Flight 1102 from Chicago to Indianapolis landed safely shortly before 2 p.m. and remained on a holding ramp in the middle of the airfield. Police and bomb-sniffing dogs boarded the plane and determined that the device contained no explosives, American Airlines spokesman Carlo Bertolini said.

Airline officials said the device was found during the approach to Indianapolis and was taken to the back of the Super 80 aircraft.

The 56 passengers and five crew members used an emergency slide to evacuate because stairs brought to the plane did not fit. No one was injured.

Passengers were being questioned by authorities, airport spokesman Dennis Rosebrough said.

(Copyright 2003 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

[Ragirl]

Indianapolis, Dec. 26 (AP) - An American Airlines jet was evacuated and searched Friday after a suspicious-looking device was discovered as the plane prepared to land.

Flight 1102 from Chicago to Indianapolis landed safely shortly before 2 p.m. and remained on a holding ramp in the middle of the airfield. Police and bomb-sniffing dogs boarded the plane and determined that the device contained no explosives, American Airlines spokesman Carlo Bertolini said.

[thesummerwind]

This is the second attempt on Chicago today. -- "attempt"?

[Neanderthal]

"There's worse places to be stranded. There's . . . uh . . . Ontario after midnight when you are diverted from LAX."

LOL. I've seen them roll up the sidewalks at 10 PM.

[diamondjoe]

"Airline officials said the device was found during the approach to Indianapolis."

I would guess something left in the lavatory and discovered by a flight attendant, from that description.

[Brad’s Gramma]

And it's (shudder!) DARK out there late at night. Boogey men abound!

[Shermy]

Day after Christmas, lots of people carrying "packages".

[EggsAckley]

The 56 passengers and five crew members used an emergency slide to evacuate because stairs brought to the plane did not fit.

Yikes!