AP sources: Phone call was about hijacking an American Airlines plane bound for NY

AP sources: Phone was about hijacking threat

WASHINGTON — A source close to the investigation says a New York-bound jetliner was stopped from taking off from San Francisco after someone threatened to hijack it.

American Airlines Flight 24 was halted just before its scheduled takeoff Thursday morning at San Francisco International Airport after someone called in the threat.

Passengers were removed from the plane and taken by buses to a terminal where they were sent through security again. One law-enforcement official says the passengers are being interviewed, and no one is yet in custody.