Tense moments at the WB/Scr. airport in Avoca this weekend

Tense moments this weekend at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int'l Airport in Avoca
Tense moments this weekend at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Int'l Airport in Avoca Photo credit mrdoomits/iStock/Getty Images Plus

Some tense moments at the Wilkes Barre Scranton International Airport in Avoca following a bomb scare. According to reports, airport officials received a bomb threat shortly after 11am Saturday morning. The Joseph McDade Terminal building as well as several other buildings were evacuated of all passengers and personnel,”. Officials are still uncertain if there was a specific area of the airport the threat was targeting. Only one departing flight was affected because of the incident and that was an American Airlines flight to Charlotte, North Carolina.

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