The FBI is investigating a bomb threat made Sunday on Allegiant Air Flight 1023 that forced the plane to return to St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport minutes after takeoff. A passenger, ...

An Allegiant Air passenger faces charges for allegedly claiming his laptop was a bomb, causing an emergency landing. The ...

The FBI opened an investigation into a man that claimed his laptop was a bomb in the middle of a flight, forcing an emergency ...

The investigation has been handed over to the FBI. Another Allegiant bomb threat was turned over to the FBI last month after someone wrote a bomb threat in a plane’s lavatory door while in St. Pete.

13 Action News reached out to Allegiant Air for their reaction to this investigation. Their statement can be found below. We welcome any analysis of our operation and safety culture, at any time.

Reporter Nathaniel Lash spent a year in 2016 investigating the Federal Aviation Administration and Allegiant Air’s safety record. Here’s his take on Sunday night’s CBS expose on the budget ...

Steve Kroft talks with 60 Minutes Overtime about safety concerns aboard Allegiant Air -- and his own close call decades ago on a press charter Latest U.S.

Allegiant Air: The budget airline flying under the radar 26:56. Allegiant Air is a small, ultra-low-cost carrier based in Las Vegas, that happens to be one of the country's most profitable airlines.

(AP) – The low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is under fire following a “60 Minutes” investigation that is raising significant safety concerns. Investigators with the news program found that ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The low-cost carrier Allegiant Air is under fire following a “60 Minutes” investigation that is raising significant safety concerns. Investigators with the news program ...

A seven-month 60 Minutes investigation into Allegiant Air, found more than 100 serious incidents involving mechanical issues.The story aired Sunday night.Public documents show aborted takeoffs ...

LAS VEGAS — Allegiant Air leaders who once battled any suggestion the carrier's rate of emergency landings and other aircraft mishaps were unusually high are now taking a sharply different tack.