Frontier Airlines Flight 2539 Sparks Panic After Bomb Threat During Taxi in Atlanta

After landing, the plane was moved to a remote area, passengers evacuated, and the suspect was taken into custody (note: this is not the actual scene). (Credit: David Zalubowski/AP)

A Frontier Airlines service from Columbus, Ohio, was forced into an emergency landing at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Sunday. The diversion was triggered after a traveller on Flight 2539 reportedly made verbal claims about having a bomb while in the air.

Police units swarmed the airfield in Georgia at approximately 5 p.m. following the high-stakes alert. The aircraft touched down soon after the reported threats, as investigators looked into claims that the passenger attempted to seize control of the flight.