Spirit Airlines Says Flight was turned around due to a ‘Misunderstanding’

Spirit Airlines has clarified that a Thursday night flight was turned around due to a "misunderstanding" and not a real bomb threat.

Flight 595 had departed from Florida's Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport on Thursday at around 10 pm. ET on route to Minneapolis. 15 minutes later, the plane returned to the airport and made an emergency landing over a "perceived" bomb threat, the Broward Sheriff's Office explained. The office's spokeswoman, Keyla Concepcion, stated that authorities did not find any explosives.

Concepcion added that the FBI, who interviewed two men that were cuffed, concluded that there was no threat. The two men will not be facing any charges. The FBI also interviewed three passengers and two crew members. The cause of the misunderstanding between the passengers and crew was an overheard phone conversation that was allegedly about a bomb.

A part of the Sheriff's Office's statement read, "After an exhaustive interview, the agents determined there was no actual threat made to the flight, and that the incident was the result of miscommunication between the witness passengers, the flight crew, and the pilot."

Passenger Margi Patton said reported by CBS Miami, "From what I understand from the woman sitting behind them [the two men], is that they placed a call shortly after the flight took off. When we landed there were squad cars all around us, there was an ambulance behind the plane. I panicked because I have kids and I just wanted to get off. I wanted to be okay."

Passenger Lindsay Connors added, "It's only a week after the Paris attacks. To be honest it was a little scary getting on the flight today. You kind of look around you're extra cautious."

The flight included 92 passengers and six crew members. The flight ended up taking off at around 3:45 a.m. and landed at 6:10 am, the SunSentinel reported.