A Spirit Airlines plane was evacuated Thursday morning at Detroit Metro Airport because of a bomb threat. The plane was evacuated before taking off for Los Angeles. Wayne County Airport Authority officials said all passengers were safely deplaned and transported to the Evans Terminal.

Passengers were forced to get off a Spirit Airlines plane at the Detroit Metro Airport in Romulus on Thursday after authorities responded to a bomb threat.

A Michigan man has been arrested for calling in a fake bomb threat so he wouldn’t miss his flight from Detroit to Los Angeles.