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A Southwest Airlines flight travelling from Nashville (BNA/KBNA) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL/KFLL), was forced to make an emergency landing in Atlanta (ATL/KATL) due to a bomb threat at approximately 9 pm Friday night.
In TikTok footage shared by X user soldiersgirl, passengers could be seen with their heads down and hands up, with bomb squad specialists walking down the aisle, during the alleged terrorist bomb threat. In the footage you can clearly hear the cabin crew repeatedly yelling "heads down - hand ups"
The authorities are shown detaining a man that conservative journalist and activist Laura Loomer described as "Arabic looking."
Southwest Airlines issued this statement to the press.
"Southwest Airlines Flight 2094 from Nashville to Fort Lauderdale, Florida was forced to divert to Atlanta late last night after an Arabic looking Muslim passenger onboard the plane threatened to blow the plane up with a bomb!"
The flight left Nashville International Airport at 7:21 p.m. local time, then forty minutes later, the flight landed in Atlanta. Passengers of that flight were moved to another aircraft and arrived in Fort Lauderdale just before 3:30 a.m., officials said.
The Atlanta Police Department confirmed that its officers assisted federal authorities with removing the passenger from the plane.
“We appreciate the professionalism of our Flight Crew and apologize to our customers for the delay. Nothing is more important to Southwest than the Safety of its Customers and Employees,” the company said in a statement.
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