- The plane was an American Airlines flight from San Francisco to New York
- Passengers and crew members were evacuated as authorities searched the plane
- About 3 p.m., investigators found no sign of a bomb threat and let people re-board the aircraft
An unattended flash drive found in a bathroom on a New York-bound American Airlines flight caused a bomb scare, which led to the plane's emergency landing in Missouri this afternoon.
The American Airlines flight, which originated in San Francisco and was scheduled to land at New York's JFK airport, was forced to land at Kansas City International Airport about 1:30 p.m. after a passenger found the tiny device taped to a wall in the plane's bathroom.
After the emergency landing, the plane was isolated to one side of the airport as officials investigated the mysterious flash drive.
Boom? An American Airlines flight was forced to land after a passenger found a flash drive in the airplane's bathroom
Emergency: The plane was forced to make an emergency landing at Kansas City International Airport (pictured)
Additionally, each of the plane's 227 passengers and crew members were ushered off of the aircraft and loaded onto buses as officials investigated the plane.
A flash drive is a tiny piece of computer equipment designed to store and transfer data. It is not an explosive device, or an item banned by the National Transportation Safety Board.
After an extensive search of the aircraft, bomb and arson investigators concluded that there was no bomb.
Diverted: The New York-bound American Airlines flight originated in San Francisco before it was forced to land in Kansas City
Passengers and crew members were able to re-board the aircraft at about 3 p.m., according to KCTV.
Last month, Kansas City experienced another bomb scare when someone called a bomb threat into its City Hall. In that case, authorities found nothing suspicious after an extensive search of the building.
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