Pen Air Flight Makes Emergency Landing After Bomb Threat

A Pen Air flight from Anchorage to Dillingham made an emergency landing at the Dillingham Airport Monday afternoon. Melissa Anderson is Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Pen Air. She says Pen Air flight 253 made an emergency landing after a bomb threat came in around 3:30 p.m.

Pen Air flights to and from Dillingham were cancelled for a time, but  after a full inspection of the aircraft,  nothing suspicious was found, and fights  resumed just after 6pm last night.  Pen Air is working with the FBI to investigate the threat.

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Daysha Eaton holds a B.A. from Evergreen State College, and a M.A. from the University of Southern California. Daysha got her start in radio at Seattle public radio stations, KPLU and KUOW. Before coming to KBBI, she was the News Director at KYUK in Bethel. She has also worked as the Southcentral Reporter for KSKA in Anchorage.

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