A search of the plane after it landed in Newark and was taken to a remote part of the airport proved negative, after a bomb threat had been phoned in, police said
"K-9 has swept the cabin of the aircraft, negative results," Port Authority Police spokesman Joe Pentangelo said in an email. "Passenger luggage has been off loaded and is being screened by US Customs."
Pentangelo also said that all cargo areas had also been cleared, and that the aircraft had been turned back over to British Airways.
The flight was making its way across the Atlantic carrying 206 passengers and 13 crew, when police said the threat was phoned in. After landing, in what police called "an abundance of caution," the plane taxied to a remote area of the airport, where it was searched with the aid of bomb-sniffing dogs, and no bomb or other threat was found, Pentangelo said.
Passengers and bags were also being re-screened before normal customs processing, Pentangelo said.