Suspicious Note Prompts Delay of United flight in San Francisco
Source AP Alert - California via NewsEdge Corporation
SAN FRANCISCO -- A note found on a food cart prompted authorities to pull a United Airlines passenger jet from service Sunday at San Francisco International Airport.
The passengers ticketed for United Airlines Flight 150 to Chicago had yet to board when the note was discovered shortly after 2 p.m. and were transferred to another plane. That flight took off at 4:30 p.m. with 307 passengers aboard, a delay of about two hours, airport spokesman Mike McCarron said.
The note was found by a crew member loading a catering cart. McCarron characterized the note as suspicious but would not say what it said.
Police were notified and the plane was towed to a remote section of the airport to be searched. It would be returned to service if it was found to be safe, McCarron said.
The incident caused no other delays at the airport.
