A plane that was isolated on the taxiway and searched at Washington Dulles International airport after a beeping sound was heard coming from the cargo hold has been cleared by police and the incident is closed,

Officials have cleared a flight that had been sitting on the runway for hours. Airports Authority police, fire and operations personnel responded to Runway 19R at Dulles International Airport after crews reported a possible security incident.

A Frontier Airlines flight that landed at Dulles Airport was held on the arrival runway for an investigation into a beeping noise heard in its cargo hold.