Reported threat halts flights at Washington's [National] airport for a time [View all]

Source: The Associated Press, via WTOP

Reported threat halts flights at Washington's [National] airport for a time

The Associated Press
November 4, 2025, 1:55 PM

All flights into and out of one of the United States' busiest runways were halted for a time Tuesday due to a bomb threat, authorities announced.

The threat was directed towards a United Airlines flight traveling from Houston, Texas, to {snip} National Airport in the Washington, D.C., area, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X.

All other flights were put on hold while the aircraft was moved to an isolated area of the airfield and the passengers disembarked and were bussed to the terminal, according to a spokesperson for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority.

A spokesperson for United Airlines referred all questions to the FBI. ... All airport operations resumed at approximately 1:30 p.m. ET, according to Duffy, who thanked law enforcement for a swift response.

Before flights resumed, the average delay time for departing flights outside of the airport was 51 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, according to the the Federal Aviation Administration. The maximum delay time was over two hours.

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Read more: https://wtop.com/local/2025/11/security-threat-halts-flights-at-washingtons-ronald-reagan-airport-faa-says/

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Headline edited for clarity, as no one around here calls National Airport anything other than National Airport.

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