United Airlines flight carrying 199 people diverted to Salt Lake airport after bomb threat

Flight diverted to Salt Lake after bomb threat

SALT LAKE CITY — An airliner that was diverted mid-flight because of a bomb threat was being scoured by investigators at Salt Lake City International Airport on Thursday.

Airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann said a flight attendant found a note while the 757 was en route from Denver to San Francisco and turned it over to the pilot.

“The note was threatening enough for the pilot to feel like he should divert,” Gann said.

Gann said the passengers and crew were taken to the international terminal, where the FBI planned to interview passengers while trying to figure out the note’s origin.

An airport official says 193 passengers and six crew were on the flight.

The plane was being searched at a runway away from the airport terminals.