Passenger removed from flight after call to prayer mistaken for bomb threat

A Southwest Airlines passenger was removed from a Florida-bound flight after their call to prayer was mistaken for a ‘bomb threat’, leading to an emergency landing in Georgia. Officials later deemed it a ‘misunderstanding’ with no credible threat found.

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