Plane bound for Germany diverted to Kennedy Airport after bomb threat

A plane bound for Germany was diverted to Kennedy International Airport on Monday as the authorities investigated a bomb threat called in about the flight. Officials evacuated about 500 passengers from Lufthansa Flight 441, which was headed from Houston to Frankfurt before it landed at Kennedy just after 8:30 p.m. “They’re searching the plane from top to bottom,” said Steve Coleman, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The flight was canceled, Coleman said. The plane was diverted after a bomb threat was called in to a Lufthansa office, Coleman said. It was moved to a remote area of the airport for a search, and the evacuation did not disrupt activities or other flights at the airport, he said. Lufthansa said the flight ”was diverted to J.F.K. as a matter of precaution and in coordination with the relevant authorities and the pilot.”<br/>