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Southwest Airlines Receives Threat; Flight 362 Makes Emergency Landing in Indianapolis

southwest_airlines_logoA Southwest Airlines Flight made an emergency landing at the Indianapolis International Airport on Thursday April 17.

According to Carlo Bertolini, the spokesperson of Indianapolis Airport, flight 362 was headed from Baltimore to Indianapolis. The decision for emergency landing was made after Southwest Airlines received a threat. The plane made an uneventful landing at about 3:10 pm and all 138 passengers and 5 crew members were safely evacuated.

Bertolini further said that the airport personnel cleared the plane and passenger luggage after a thorough check up.

The Southwest Airlines released a statement saying that they could not discuss the details of the threat.

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