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Subscribe to RSSUpdated at 3:15 p.m. ET: Authorities say they found no bomb after a threat was made at a large Boeing plant in Delaware County, Pa., on Tuesday morning.
A Boeing spokesperson told NBC News that several hundred employees were evacuated from the south campus of the Boeing Plant in Ridley Park, where the H-47 Chinook helicopter is manufactured. Ridley Park is located southwest of Philadelphia.
The evacuations happened between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. ET, after officials became aware of the threat, The Delaware County Daily Times reported. Bomb-sniffing dogs went through the facility and by 1:40 p.m. ET, authorities were wrapping up the investigation.
According to Ridley Township police, a note was left in a bathroom claiming four explosives were planted inside of one of the hangars, the Daily Times reported.
The employees scheduled to work in the affected area of the plant for the current shift were sent home. Operations were to resume at 2:30 p.m. ET, the start of the next shift.
Tuesday’s threat came on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
NBCPhiladelphia.com's Kelly Bayliss and Reuters contributed to this story.
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(Sigh) It just had to be today, didn't it?
... and it was discovered the call was placed by Billy Bob Samson - fired from the shipping office last Friday for looking at porn.
Generally, anyone who is going to hurt you won't tell you about it first.
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Billy Bob in Philly?? hmm
Yes. He was a misfit - they always are.
Life sentence for the person who did this today on 9/11. No crying for mercy, let them be an example for others.
The date has nothing to do with the Boeing plant, it is just another day in the year to those who work there, as far as the job is concerned.
Yeah right Robin? Like they get a bomb threat everyday on 9/11. Think a little more clearly........
*hangars