No Explosives Found on Plane at LAX: FBI

The FBI has given the all-clear after inspecting an EVA Air plane at Los Angeles International Airport for explosives.

The agency and local law enforcement began investigating the flight from Taipei after a threat was made before it landed safely at the airport.

The aircraft was parked at the remote west end of the airfield. NewsChopper4 footage showed firefighters and multiple law enforcement vehicles at the scene.

"The aircraft and passenger luggage were inspected by officials with the LAPD and LAXPD, as well as canines trained to detect explosives. No threat to the aircraft was identified," the FBI said in a statement.

Passengers were escorted off the plane and transported to the Tom Bradley International Terminal.

"We were scared.. everybody was just surprised why, you know what's going on? The stewardess would not tell anything," passenger Teresita Edrada said.

"Nobody told us what was happening, and we saw all the police cars, fire engines around the plane but nobody know exactly what was happening," fellow traveller Kirk Wei said.

No passengers were detained in connection with the threat.

"An investigation to determine individual or group responsible for the threat is ongoing," the FBI statement said.

At around the same time another LAX bound jetliner, this one a Cathay Pacific flight, was also threatened via a phone message which likely originated from overseas, however all of that flight's passengers had already disembarked.

In January, at least 20 different U.S. passenger planes were targeted by bomb threats on Twitter, NBC News reported. Federal authorities say even more threats were delivered via social media during that same period but were not publicized.

"All threats, regardless of known credibility, are taken seriously," the FBI said.