25-year-old woman indicted in airliner bomb scare surrenders
A bomb threat on Sept. 11, 2010, led to a federal indictment this week against a 25-year-old Las Vegas woman.
Miki Sudo is charged with one count of intentionally conveying false and misleading information. She surrendered Thursday morning to federal authorities in Las Vegas.
According to the indictment, Sudo claimed her boyfriend, a passenger on U.S. Airways Flight 399 from Las Vegas to Phoenix, was going to "blow up the plane."
About 10 minutes after the flight left McCarran International Airport, the pilot reported a mechanical problem .
As the plane was returning to the airport, the pilot received information about the bomb threat, according to a statement from the U.S. attorney's office.
The plane landed at McCarran and was diverted to a secure area, where all of the passengers were required to deplane and undergo screening. The checked baggage also was emptied from the plane and screened to ensure that no explosives were on board.
Contact reporter Carri Geer Thevenot at cgeer@reviewjournal.com or 702-384-8710.
