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Elsewhere: Bomb Threat Diverts SFO-Bound Flight CBS5, United Flight En Route to SF Diverted to After Bomb Threat AP via KCBS



The AP is reporting that United Flight 741, a flight bound for SFO from Denver, has been diverted to Salt Lake City after a written bomb threat was discovered on the plane, according to KRON4.

The FBI and airport cops are reportedly searching the plane, which has been safely evacuated of its 193 passengers and six crew members.

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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