Officers took an elderly adult male into custody Sunday morning for making a bomb threat aboard a JetBlue flight at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, authorities said.
Broward Sheriff’s Office Airport District deputies responded to the call just before 10 a.m. in Terminal Four and removed the passenger, Robert Albanese, 76, from the plane, police confirmed with the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
While deputies took Albanese into custody, the JetBlue flight and all passengers aboard were briefly evacuated “as a precaution,” according to BSO.
A BSO K9 unit searched the plane and discovered there was no bomb on board. Passengers re-boarded the plane, which eventually took off.
“There was no additional disruption to airport operations,” BSO spokesperson Carey Codd said.
Albanese, born Feb. 12, 1950, was not listed among current Broward County inmates as of 5 p.m. Sunday, according to BSO arrest records.
Staff writer Phillip Valys can be reached at pvalys@sunsentinel.com or Twitter/X @philvalys.
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