Passengers escorted off plane for security threat at DCA

(NewsNation) — Passengers connected a United Airlines formation astatine Reagan National Airport successful Washington, D.C. were escorted disconnected the level owed to a information threat.

In a post connected societal media level X, the airdrome said that a crushed halt that was antecedently imposed was lifted arsenic of 12:50 p.m. EST, and flights are present resuming.

The airdrome antecedently said the flight's passengers were taken backmost to the terminal aft the menace was reported.

In a connection to NewsNation, the Federal Aviation Administration said it was alert of an contented that occurred connected that flight, and that it has been lifted. As of Tuesday afternoon, the crushed halt was downgraded to a delay connected the agency's website.

When asked for a comment, a spokesperson for United referred NewsNation to the FBI.