Plane from Jackson makes emergency landing after report of possible explosive device The FBI released a statement saying they have determined no threat to public safety Share Updated: 9:35 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 The FBI released a statement saying they have determined no threat to public safety Share Updated: 9:35 PM CST Dec 30, 2020 Hide Transcript Show Transcript EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ON BOARD,AND THE FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT HAPPENED. UNITED FLIGHT 4344 TOOK OFF FROM JACKSON- EVERS INTERNATIONAL AT 11:39 IN THE MORNING, BOUND FOR HOUSTON TEXAS... BUT JUST MINUTES INTO THE FLIGHT, THE PLANE WAS DIVERTED TO ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA... NOT LONG AFTER THAT, THE RAPIDES PARRISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RECEIVED A 911 CALL ABOUT AN INBOUND EMERGENCY... TWITTER GRAPHIC: @RAPIDESSHERIFF AT APPROXIMATELY 12:24PM, SHERIFFS DISPATCH RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE RAPIDES 911 CENTER OF A REPORTED INBOUND AIRCRAFT EMERGENCY. ACCORDING TO INITIAL REPORTS, INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED THERE WAS A POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVE DEVICE ONBOARD. THEY WERE TOLD OF A POSSIBLE EXPLOSIVE DEVISE ABOARD FLIGHT 4344... THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WHERE THE AIRPORT FIRE DEPARTMENT, TSA, AND THE FBI WERE ON HAND FOR THE PLANE'S ARRIVAL... ONCE THE PLANE TOUCHED DOWN SAFELY, THE RAPIDES SHERIFF SAYS THE PASSENGERS ON BOARD WERE OFF- LOADED, AND THE SCENE WAS SECURED. THEY ALSO DETAILED TWO PASSENGERS AS PERSONS OF INTEREST. TWITTER GRAPHIC: @RAPIDESSHERIFF TWO PERSONS OF INTEREST ARE BEING DETAINED AT THIS TIME. RPSO BOMB SQUAD ALONG WITH LOCAL FBI ARE ON SCENE ASSISTING IN THE INVESTIGATION. IN A STATEMENT THE FBI NEW ORLEANS SAYS A VARIETY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES INCLUDING THE LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, US ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR LOUISIANA'S WESTERN DISTRICT, AND THE RAPIDES PARISH DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE INVESTIGATED THE INCIDENT THROUGH A COORDINATED EFFORT, AND REPORT THERE WAS NO THREAT TO PUBLIC SAFETY... GRAPHIC: FBI NEW ORLEANS STATEMENT ON UNITED FLIGHT 4344 "FBI NEW ORLEANS IS AWARE MEGAN... AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO REPORT OF AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE BEING FOUND ON BOARD THAT PLANE, BUT THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION HEADED UP BY THE FBI AND TSA... AS FOR THE PASSENGERS ON THAT FLIGHT...ALEXANDRIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAYS THAT THE CARRIER UNITED WAS TAKING CA