An American Airlines flight carrying 179 people from Manchester, England, to Chicago was diverted to Bangor, Maine, today because of security concerns, the airline said.
The US Transportation Security Administration said it learned of "a reported threat to the aircraft while it was en route." The FBI said the plane landed in Bangor at 5:45 Irish Time.
Richard Hedges, an American Airlines spokesman in London, said: "I can confirm AA flight 55 from Manchester to Chicago (was) diverted into Bangor, Maine, due to a possible security concern."
Richard Hedges, an American Airlines spokesman in London, said American Airlines flight 55 from Manchester to Chicago was diverted to Bangor due to a possible security concern.
In Houston, FBI officials were questioning a man traveling from Buenos Aires on Continental flight 52 after bomb-sniffing dogs at the international arrivals area noticed something in his luggage, a TSA official said.
Officials believed he picked up dynamite during a mining trip while he was abroad and had stored it in his suitcase. The Continental flight flew on to Newark without the man or his luggage and was swept for explosives as a precaution.
A spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said the incident was over and "we have an 'all clear.'"