Crime & Safety

Threat Forces Plane to Land in Portland

Flight had been headed from Seattle to San Diego.

A flight headed from Seattle to San Diego made an emergency landing in Portland Saturday morning.

The flight, with 58 passengers and four crew, was the target of an unspecified threat.

Flight 5733 landed in Portland around 9:30 a.m. after being turned around as it approached the Oregon border with California.

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No other flights were affected and, after a couple of hours, the flight was back on its way to San Diego.

One woman who was on the flight tweeted updates.

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