An Allegiant flight was forced to make an emergency landing after an alleged bomb threat.
The other passengers at St. Pete-Clearwater International airport are currently disembarking and passenger has been taken into custody. Police and fire officials are on the scene. Operations at the airport have been temporarily halted while a comprehensive investigation is carried out.
A verbal dispute broke out between two passengers shortly after departure, and one of them threatened that there was a bomb on board, according to PIE’s on-call public information officer.
The plane circled back to St. Pete, where the suspect was taken into custody by the authorities…