The Boston Celtics had a pretty frightening experience to endure on Saturday night.
The Celtics had a bomb threat during their flight to Oklahoma City, which led them to leave their bags behind on the team plane as security investigated. The Boston Globe’s Gary Washburn shared the news on Twitter and says the players and staff were told to leave their bags on the plane and leave for the hotel.
#Celtics have arrived safely in OKC after receive bomb threat during flight. Plane and bags were checked in OKC and team is at hotel.
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) December 11, 2016
#Celtics players, staff were told to leave bags on plane and depart for hotel. They are at hotel in OKC waiting for bags to be delivered
— gary washburn (@GwashburnGlobe) December 11, 2016
The bomb threat was believed to be a hoax after the plane was checked and nothing was found.
#Celtics deal with bomb threat, emergency landing as they land in Oklahoma City – here are the details. #wbz pic.twitter.com/r5qE7d4D7G
— Dan Roche (@RochieWBZ) December 11, 2016
The plane landed as scheduled despite the threat.
Crazy scene touching down in Oklahoma City, but happy to say we're all safe and sound.
— Marc D'Amico (@Marc_DAmico) December 11, 2016
The Celtics had a home game on Friday against the Toronto Raptors and are set to face the Thunder on Sunday in their first of a two-game road trip.
