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Threat Called in to Skywest


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What: Skywest-Delta CRJ-200 commuter jet en route from Helena, Montana to Salt Lake City
Where: Salt Lake City
When: October 28, 2010
Who: 46 passengers, 3 crew
Why: A bomb threat call claiming there was an incendiary device aboard Skywest-Delta flight 4654 was reported to Skywest at St. George. Law enforcement was notified.

Bomb-sniffing dogs did not find anything. The call is being traced, and security has been doubled.

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