Singapore Airlines (SIA) confirmed on Sunday that it has received a bomb threat on flight SQ001 from San Francisco to Singapore.

The plane has landed safely at noon, but disembarkation was delayed until around 1:30 p.m. local time and passengers had to wait for nearly two hours to collect their baggage, Channel NewsAsia reported.

SIA said that matter has been referred to the authorities with no details to be provided "as it concerns security."

One passenger, surnamed Hoe, told local newspaper Today that they were held on the tarmac for about 20 minutes before the gate was announced to have been changed.

"We were then parked at some remote area near the airport, and no further information was given, apart from waiting for air traffic control instructions...At approximately 1:10 p.m., the captain made the announcement that the plane will be held on the tarmac, and we would be ferried to the terminal by airport bus due to security concerns," Hoe told Today. Enditem

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