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Sporting News · Dec 12, 2016

Celtics mostly unaware team charter targeted with bomb threat

Airplane on runway (Getty Images)The Celtics' charter flight from Boston to Oklahoma City was the subject of a phoned-in bomb threat Saturday night, but most of those on board weren't informed until they landed safely at Oklahoma City's Will Rogers World Airport.

Celtics coach Brad Stevens said the team's travel and equipment manager and a flight attendant spoke with him about an hour before the plane was scheduled to touch down. Stevens was informed late in the flight because the crew did not want alarm those on board while the plane staff began an initial inspection.

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