FORT LAUDERDALE-HOLLYWOOD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, FLA. (WSVN) - A man was taken into custody after he made a bomb threat aboard a JetBlue plane at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities said.
Deputies with the Broward Sheriff’s Office Airport District responded to a report of a bomb threat in Terminal 4, just before 10 a.m. on Sunday.
Responding deputies detained the subject who authorities said made the threat. He was identified as 76-year-old Robert Albanese.
The aircraft was briefly evacuated as a precaution. A BSO K-9 unit searched the plane and determined there was no bomb.
Passengers were allowed to reboard the aircraft, and there were no additional disruptions to airport operations, authorities said.
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