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A United Airlines flight bound for Los Angeles International Airport from New Jersey was diverted to Chicago on Wednesday, Feb. 21, because of an alleged bomb threat, according to media and passenger reports.
Passengers were evacuated from the plane, United Flight 1533, after it landed at O’Hare Airport in Chicago at 7:44 a.m. Central Standard Time, according to reports out of Chicago.
“On a United flight from Newark to LAX — someone allegedly went into the bathroom and made a bomb threat on the bathroom window (mirror) and now we’ve made an emergency landing in…
