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The runway at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport closed for over an hour after an unconfirmed bomb report on an inbound United Airlines flight

According to the Washington Post , someone called into the air traffic control tower, demanded $500,000 in crypto and said United flight 512 would explode upon landing

United confirmed to PEOPLE in a statement that all 89 passengers deplaned safely on the tarmac and were bussed to the airport

A bomb threat was reportedly called into the air traffic control tower at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) on Tuesday.

Department of Transportation secretary Sean Duffy confirmed on X that a United Airlines flight from Houston to Washington D.C. received the threat.

The Washington Post reported that according

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