ROMULUS, MI – A Los Angeles-bound flight was deplaned early Thursday after a reported bomb threat at Detroit Metro Airport.

WXYZ-TV reported the threat was meant for a Spirit Airlines flight initially set to take off at 8:36 a.m. for LAX.

The Wayne County Airport Authority’s emergency and support services and U.S. Transportation Security Administration responded to the incident, and the authority reported the plane’s passengers once off the flight were bussed to the airport’s Evans terminal.

WDIV-TV reported passengers were later rescreened while law enforcement inspected the aircraft. According to Spirit’s online flight status report , Thursday’s morning flight to Los Angeles departed shortly after 1 p.m.

The airport authority was still investigating the threat, which came earlier

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