28 December,2009 07:48 AM IST | | Agencies
Two days after man tried to blow up Northwest flight in US, another Nigerian has been arrested on the same flight route
A Nigerian passenger onboard the same Northwest Airlines route that was attacked on Christmas Day was taken into custody in Detroit last night after locking himself in the bathroom for an hour and becoming verbally disruptive upon landing, officials said. However, the FBI termed the incident "non- serious".
Delta Air Lines spokeswoman Susan Elliott said crew members yesterday requested that security remove the man from Flight 253 after he became disruptive. The remaining 255 passengers got off safely,
she said.
A law enforcement official said the man was Nigerian and had locked himself in the airliner's bathroom for an hour. Investigators determined he was a businessman who became ill during the flight, the official said.
"This raised concerns, so an alert was raised," authorities said. "The investigation shows that this was a non-serious incident and all is clear at this point."
X'mas attack
Security personnel are on edge since the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day.
FBI agents charged Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab (23) from Nigeria, on Saturday with attempting to destroy Flight 253 from Amsterdam and with carrying a destructive device.
| Privileged Terrorist |
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AUmar Farouk Abdulmutallab (pictured), who has been charged with trying to destroy a Northwest flight with 278 passengers and 11 crew members on board, lived a privileged life before turning a terrorist. |
