Delta flight from New York to Twin Cities departs after bomb threat delay

The Delta flight from New York's LaGuardia Airport departed for Minneapolis-St. Paul on Wednesday morning after being evacuated the prior evening due to a reported bomb threat.

Delta Flight 2313 to the Twin Cities had boarded when authorities were made aware of a "potential security concern," which saw passengers evacuated from the Airbus A321 on the tarmac before they were taken back to the terminal.

According to reports in New York, the security concern was a bomb threat, with the plane moved away from the terminal while personnel investigated the craft, and cleared it by 10 p.m.

The 190 passengers and 6 crew members on the service to MSP were held overnight in New York, before departing at 7 a.m. ET Wednesday morning.

It came just hours after a United Airlines flight was stopped on