This is what happens when you use the "B-word" on an airplane even though you may only be joking...
Written threat found on Southwest Airlines plane
HOUSTON (AP) — A written threat was found Friday on a Southwest Airlines flight, prompting authorities to unload the airplane away from the terminal after it landed at Houston, officials said.
Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said a passenger found a threatening note and informed a flight attendant. She didn't have other details about the note.
The plane had taken off from Dallas around 11:30 a.m. and was originally scheduled to head to Corpus Christi after the stop in Houston.
TSA, along with Houston police, are planning to question passengers at an isolated area of the airport, she said.
No injuries were reported and no one was in custody related to the note, said Roger Smith, a spokesman for the City of Houston Aviation Department. Police, fire and medical authorities on the scene as a precaution.
The 136 passengers and five crew members got off the plane at an isolated end of the airfield. They were being checked by Southwest Airlines and airport security, Smith said.
"Without infringing on their rights, Southwest is making some type of check as the passengers leave," Smith said.
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