United Airlines Flight Diverted: Passenger Had Vaseline and A Screwdriver

[kpete]

CNN - reporting that she was "tied up" and had vaseline, screwdriver, matches and a note mentioning al Queda...



United Airlines flight from London diverted Wed Aug 16, 2006 10:46 AM ET

BOSTON (Reuters) - A Washington-bound United Airlines flight from London was diverted to Boston on Wednesday after an onboard incident, and officials were searching the plane's luggage, a Boston airport official said.

"There was a supposed confrontation on board. There may have been a banned item on board and they are now searching the luggage," said Phil Orlandella, spokesman at Boston's Logan International Airport.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=newsOne&storyID=2006-08-16T144612Z_01_N16477412_RTRUKOC_0_US-TRANSPORT-BOSTON.xml


edit to add this from Raw Story:

Excerpts from the AP report follow....

An overseas flight from London's Heathrow Airport to Washington, D.C., was diverted to Boston Wednesday after the pilot declared an emergency because of a passenger disturbance.

A female passenger aboard United Flight 923 had Vaseline, a screw driver, matches and a note referencing al Qaeda, according to Phil Orlandella, spokesman for Boston's Logan International Airport.

The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely, United spokesman Brandon Borrman said. Mr. Borrman said a female passenger was spotted engaging in some "suspicious" activity, but he could not immediately say what the activity was.

State Police and federal agencies took control of the plane after it landed.

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/AP_Terror_threat_diverts_LondonDC_flight_0816.html