Alaska airport closes over bomb threat

Anchorage airport, Alaska's largest, temporarily shut Saturday to inbound traffic because of a bomb threat against a China Airlines cargo flight bound for Taiwan.

The plane diverted to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport early in the morning after leaving Seattle, where the threat was received, airport officials said.

No bomb was found and the airport reopened shortly before noon, officials said. The plane was searched in a secure, remote section of the airport, they added.

"After extensive investigation, no explosive device was located," the airport's police and fire department said.