Plane Is Evacuated in Philadelphia

By ELIZABETH A. HARRIS

A US Airways flight from Philadelphia to Anchorage was evacuated at Philadelphia International Airport on Friday afternoon after a threatening note was found, the Transportation Security Administration and airline officials said.

Flight 968 had 157 passengers and 6 crew members on board when, about 4:30 p.m., the security agency ordered everyone off the plane “out of an abundance of caution,” the agency said in a statement.

Valerie Wunder, a spokeswoman for US Airways, said the plane, a Boeing 757 that originated in Glasgow, was taken to a remote location.

Law enforcement officials searched the plane on Friday evening. No terminals were evacuated.

The airplane landed in Philadelphia about 2:45 p.m. and was scheduled to take off for Alaska at 4 p.m., according to the US Airways Web site.