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Authorites remove two from United flight

by smkovalinsky | September 28, 2009 at 01:58 pm

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In what turned out to be an apparent false alarm, airport officials at the Los Angeles airport removed 2 men from a United Airlines flight after a flight attendant noticed a panel had made moved in the aircraft's restroom.

The two were middle Eastern, and the flight was an international flight to Cairo by way of New York City, airport security told press today.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Authorities removed two men from a United Airlines UAL.N flight at Los Angeles International Airport for suspicious behavior on Monday, but later called the incident a false alarm.
The men, who were said to be from a Middle Eastern country, were taken off the flight, which was bound for New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with an ultimate destination of Cairo, after members of the flight crew said they were behaving suspiciously.

But an FBI spokeswoman, Laura Eimiller, said the men were cooperative during interviews and agents determined that they posed no threat.

Eimiller said concerns were raised when one of the men got up to use the plane's restroom just before take-off, ignoring orders from the flight crew to remain in his seat.

Passengers and luggage were put through a second security screening as a precaution.