Thursday, November 6, 2025 - Passengers aboard a Delta Airlines flight were evacuated on Tuesday night after crew members reported a bomb threat just before takeoff from New York’s LaGuardia Airport.
According to Port Authority police, the Minneapolis-bound
flight was preparing to depart Terminal C around 8 p.m. when the alert was
raised. The aircraft was immediately moved away from the gate, and all
passengers were ordered to deboard.
One passenger told TMZ that the pilot announced there would
be a delay but assured everyone that there was no immediate d@nger. Witnesses
also reported seeing one individual escorted from their seat before the rest of
the passengers were removed from the plane.
Emergency vehicles surrounded the aircraft as authorities
conducted a thorough search. After nearly two hours, no expl0sive device was
found, and officials cleared the plane around 10 p.m.
Television host Jason Matheson of Fox’s The Jason Show, who
was on the flight, shared updates from the tarmac on Instagram after being
evacuated. He said passengers were told there was a “security issue” but were
given no further details. Both Matheson and other passengers said Delta did not
initially disclose that the delay was due to a b0mb thre@t.
Passengers were later rebooked onto a new flight scheduled
for 7 a.m. the following morning.
Delta Airlines confirmed the incident in a statement to TMZ,
saying, “The safety and security of our customers and employees comes before
all else, and we apologize for the delay in their travels.”
This marked the second b0mb thre@t at a major U.S. airport
in a single day, earlier that morning, another plane was searched at
Reagan Washington National Airport in Virginia. In both cases, police
ultimately declared the situati
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