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To: KLP who wrote (758)	12/22/2001 6:15:11 PM
From: Snowshoe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 827

Plane with Suspected Bomber Diverted to Boston dailynews.yahoo.com Saturday December 22 5:41 PM ET BOSTON (Reuters) - An American Airlines aircraft flying from Paris to Miami was diverted to Boston on Saturday after a passenger was found with explosives packed in his shoes, aviation officials said. Tom Kinton, director of aviation at Logan International airport in Boston, told a news conference that flight attendants and other passengers on Flight 63 had ``tackled'' the man, who appeared to be an Arab carrying a false passport. ``We obviously had actions taken aboard that aircraft that prevented something very serious from occurring,'' Kinton said. ``I do believe... when he was attempted to be subdued, he said he was wired, words to that effect,'' Kinton said. He said a flight attendant had approached the man when he lit a match in mid-flight. ``The flight attendants became alerted to the smell of sulfur... and immediately took action when they saw what this individual was attempting to do and literally tackled the individual and got into a wrestling match in an attempt to stop this action,'' Kinton said. ``The flight attendants were hurt during this, and yelled for help from other passengers and received that help from other passengers on board the aircraft.'' Aviation officials said the man's passport, issued three weeks in Belgium in the name of Richard Reid, was almost certainly bogus. Kinton said the man had been carrying ``enough improvised explosives to do damage''. Two U.S. Air Force F-15 fighter jets escorted the aircraft to Logan International airport.