Plane From Ireland Lands in Philly After "Unsubstantiated" Threat

The Philadelphia Inquirer's quote of the week: "After the plane landed about 1:40 p.m., it was directed to the isolated 'taxiway hotel' area..."

Apparently the author at least listened to the ATC feed, even if he didn't understand a word of it.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130808_Threat_on_plane_at_PHL_investigated.html?c=0.0342079264148738&posted=y&viewAll=y#comments

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/usa-airline-emergency-idUSL1N0G81KR20130807?feedType=RSS&feedName=marketsNews&rpc=43

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1-US Airways plane makes emergency landing in Philadelphia

A US Airways flight from Ireland's Shannon Airport made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport on Wednesday due to an unspecified threat, police and the airline said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/usa-airline-emergency-idUSL1N0G81KR20130807?feedType=RSS&feedName=marketsNews&rpc=43

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Emergency landing at Philadelphia airport

A plane heading from Ireland was scheduled to land at Philadelphia International Airport today at 2 PM. According to the airline website the flight originated from Shannon,Ireland and landed at 1:59 PM.

http://www.planecrashes.org/emergency-landing-philadelphia-international-airport.html

http://www.planecrashes.org/emergency-landing-philadelphia-international-airport.html
photos from scene

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AWE777/history/20130807/1035Z/EINN/KPHL