Passengers evacuated from plane at Denver airport after suspicious note found on board
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Posted 8:08AM on Tuesday, February 5, 2002
DENVER - A Delta Air Lines flight bound for Salt Lake City was forced to return to Denver International Airport about an hour after takeoff because a suspicious note was discovered on board. <br>
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Delta spokeswoman Catherine Stengel would not give details about the note. <br>
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"The pilot returned to Denver as a precautionary measure," she said. <br>
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Passengers aboard Flight 1642 on Monday night said the pilot announced that a note containing a bomb threat had been found. <br>
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"If it was a huge enough threat to turn around, I thought it could be real," said passenger Edie Ferguson. "I was pretty nervous at that point." <br>
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When the plane landed, passengers were taken to the terminal and re-screened, and authorities searched the aircraft. The flight was canceled and another was planned for Tuesday morning. <br>
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The Boeing 737-800 had 56 passengers and six crew members who were headed to Salt Lake, the site of the Winter Olympics. <br>
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