Bomb Threat on US Airways Flight to Washington Sparks Probe

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A US Airways Group Inc. commuter jet was sequestered after landing near Washington because of a bomb threat, U.S. authorities said. No explosives were found.

Flight 2596 from Dayton, Ohio, landed in a remote section of Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, this afternoon, the Transportation Security Administration said in a statement. The Federal Bureau of Investigation checked the plane and interviewed the 44 passengers.