BREAKING: Bomb Threat on United Flight Arriving at DC’s Reagan Airport Causes Ground Stop for All Flights – UPDATE: Sec. Sean Duffy Confirms Bomb Threat was a Hoax

UPDATE: Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed that the aircraft was cleared by law enforcement and the flight landed safely.

Earlier today a United flight from Houston to Washington D.C. received a bomb threat.

The flight landed safely at DCA, passengers were evacuated, and law enforcement conducted a full search of the aircraft.

The @FAANews has received the all clear and operations have resumed.…

— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 4, 2025

A reported bomb threat on an inbound flight to Washington, DC’s Reagan Washington National Airport halted all flights in and out of the Nation’s capital on Tuesday. 

United Flight #512 landed from Houston, Texas, this morning.

Per CNN’s Pete Muntean, sources say the airplane with the alleged bomb is isolated on the east side of the field.

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a ground stop for all flights until at least 1:30 pm ET.

BREAKING: All flights in and out of Reagan National Airport are currently halted due to a bomb threat on a flight, a source familiar with the situation tells me. The plane is isolated on the east end of the field.

The FAA just extended the DCA ground stop until 1:30 PM ET. pic.twitter.com/Ex9dEMCvw8

— Pete Muntean (@petemuntean) November 4, 2025

Video from the scene shows the isolated aircraft near the runway:

Audio from the air traffic control tower shows the air traffic controller notifying the pilot of the threat on the plane. “We have an unconfirmed bomb report for your flight. We’ve got to get you away from the airport,” the controller tells the pilot.

LISTEN:

Per the Daily Mail:

A security emergency was issued at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) at 11:30am ET, impacting light that landed from Houston, which was quickly surrounded by emergency vehicles.

Travelers stranded on the runway said there was a bomb threat on a United flight that landed from Houston, which was quickly surrounded by emergency vehicles.

Flight radar around DCA captured several planes circling the airport during the ground stop, while others are diverting to other locations.

A DCA spokesperson told Daily Mail: ‘All flight operations are being held at Reagan National while passengers on a United Airlines flight are being offloaded and bussed to the terminal.

This is a developing story.