Passengers Taken Off US-bound Panama Plane After Bomb Scare, Diaper Blamed

Passengers Taken Off US-bound Panama Plane After Bomb Scare, Diaper Blamed
A Copa airlines plane taxis on a runway as others sit on the tarmac at Tocumen International Airport in Panama City in a file photo. Luis Acosta/AFP via Getty Images
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PANAMA CITY—A Copa Airlines aircraft bound for Tampa, Florida, from Panama City turned back following a suspected bomb threat and the 144 passengers on board were disembarked, but the scare turned out to be a false alarm, authorities said on Friday.

Officials carried out an emergency inspection of the aircraft, and identified a disposable diaper for adults as the object that prompted the scare, the Central American country’s police said on X, formerly Twitter.