JetBlue Plane Evacuated at JFK Due to Security Threat

JetBlue Flight 479 was preparing to take off from JFK on Monday morning and fly to Montego Bay, Jamaica, when the plane was targeted by some kind of security threat.

“Out of an abundance of caution, customers on JetBlue Flight 479 from JFK to Montego Bay are deplaning the aircraft following a security report that has been deemed non-credible,” says a JetBlue spokesperson in a statement sent to Patch. ”After a full security screening the flight will continue on to its destination.”

Photos posted to Twitter show the plane surrounded by police vehicles.

“We were all made to disembark and had to be escorted back to the terminal,” says a Twitter user named Devon T.

Patch has contacted the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs JFK. We’re waiting to hear back.