Multiple Bomb Threat Incidents Reported at Pittsburgh International Airport

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A passenger, Hossein Dehnavifard, is accused of making a bomb threat at Pittsburgh International Airport after he arrived late and couldn't board his flight. The B concourse was partially closed and more than 100 passengers who were on American Airlines flight 1862 to Philadelphia had to leave the plane while the aircraft was searched. Dehnavifard, a 37-year-old Iranian national, was taken to the county jail to await arraignment on charges of terroristic threats and threat to use weapons of mass destruction. After a search involving K-9s and X-ray machines, police said they did not find a threat on the plane or in the luggage on board.
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