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Politics : WAR on Terror. Will it engulf the Entire Middle East? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Scoobah who wrote (1285)	12/22/2001 8:35:03 PM
From: Scoobah	Respond to of 32591

Bomber suspect overpowered on transatlantic flight By Reuters BOSTON - Flight attendants and passengers on a flight from Paris to Miami on Saturday overpowered a man who appeared to be trying to blow the plane up with explosives packed in his shoes, U.S. aviation officials said. They said American Airlines Flight 63 carrying 185 passengers and 12 crew was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport after the mid-air drama over the Atlantic. Officials at Logan airport told a news conference a man who appeared to be an Arab traveling on a false passport had been arrested. Tom Kinton, director of aviation at Logan International airport in Boston, told a news conference that flight attendants and other passengers had "tackled" the man. "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 British passport, issued three weeks ago 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.