NEW YORK – Authorities say a passenger *** at John F. Kennedy Airport was given the all clear following a **** ******.

Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo says Delta Air Lines Flight 468 from San Francisco to New York with 171 passengers landed at JFK Airport just after 7:40 p.m. Monday.

Pentangelo says the Boeing 757 was evacuated and taken to a remote part of the runway where it was swept and found to have no explosives.

Delta spokeswoman Lindsay McDuff said another ******* received the ****** regarding Flight 468 and that proper security procedures were followed.

She said Delta also currently operates a JFK to ******** flight under the same flight number and was in the process of boarding Monday night. Pentangelo says that plane also was searched and cleared.