Phone call threat delays Frontier Airlines departure from Trenton-Mercer Airport (KTTN), New Jersey

EWING -- A Frontier Airlines plane headed to Florida was detained for two hours at the Trenton-Mercer Airport on Monday after a threat was received, officials said Tuesday.

Frontier Airlines Flight 913 to Tampa, Fla., was set to leave at 3:10 p.m. when a threatening phone call was received by the airline, delaying the scheduled take-off, said Julie Wilmot, Mercer County spokeswoman.

Wilmot did not identify the nature of the threat. Frontier Airlines and a spokesman for the Mercer County Sheriff’s Department declined to comment, referring questions to the FBI, which did not immediately return a request for information.

Authorities emptied the plane and passengers were required to pass through security screening while bomb-sniffing dogs walked through the plane. Nothing was found and passengers were allowed to re-board, Lisa Farbstein, spokeswoman for the Transportation Safety Administration.

The plane left the airport at 5:08 p.m. – two hours past its scheduled time, according to Frontier’s flight schedules.

- Source:  http://www.nj.com