Flying over the Indian Ocean on Sunday, an Air France jetliner was forced to make an emergency landing in Kenya after a passenger noticed a suspicious device in the bathroom. Later, the CEO of Air France said the scare was a “false alarm.”
Passengers were evacuated from an American Airlines flight at New York's JFK airport Sunday morning as police investigate a bomb threat onboard.
New York's Penn Station has reportedly been evacuated after a suspicious package was found near the tracks Thursday evening. Update 11 PM: Penn Station has reopened without incident.
Airports in New York and Philadelphia have gone on "high alert" thanks to a "suspicious" (but not explosive) package found on a US-bound UPS flight in the UK last night. Planes have reportedly been inspected in several cities already. [Reuters]
A bomb was found in the Marble Cemetery on 2nd Street in Manhattan's East Village at around 11:45am today. Streets are still blocked off. The normally closed cemetery had an "open house" this weekend and was open to the public.
Tip! "There is some sort of bomb scare on 51st & park. They closed down the street and put police tape around this sweet black Mercedes. They also blew out the tires. We are not aloud [sic] to leave the building."
[Just an hour after a bomb scare, Times Square returned to tourists and T-shirts like normal. Image via AP]
Reporting from Los Angeles's historic Wilshire Boulevard Bomb Scare district, an operative tells us that a suspiciously under-decorated package has drawn the attention of the police, causing the shutdown of the area to traffic: "Like so many brown paper wrapped Secret Santa gifts, something doesn't seem right about…
Over the weekend, multiple sclerosis victim and talkshow host Montel Williams threatened a teenage newspaper intern who asked him a question at a press event. "Don't look at me like that," he said to her. "Do you know who I am? I'm a big star, and I can look you up, find where you live and blow you up." On the next…
Due to a suspicious package (heh), Dean and Deluca on Prince and Broadway has been evacuated. (But our cheese counter!) Legions of confused and befuddled publishing drones swarmed outside of the NYPD tape, their unfocused eyes searching for $4 mediocre cappuccinos. In fact, as our new favorite commenter Cajun Boy…
