DENVER - Police temporarily detained and questioned three passengers at Detroit Metropolitan Sunday airport after the crew of the flight from Frontier Airlines of Denver reported suspicious activity on board and NORAD sent two F-16 aircraft in the shadow of the flight until it landed safely, said airlines and federal officials.
The three passengers who were removed from the plane in handcuffs were released Sunday evening, and no charges were filed against them, said spokesman Scott Wintner airport.
Frontier flight 623, with 116 passengers on board, landed without incident in Detroit at 3: 30 pm, daylight time after the crew reported that two people have been spending "an excessively long time" in a bathroom, spokesman for the border Peter Kowalchuck, said.
The spokesman for the FBI Detroit Sandra Berchtold said finally authorities determined that there no was no real threat.
"Because of the anniversary of September 11, all precautions have been taken, and any inconsistency light has been taken seriously," Berchtold said. "The public would rather we erred on the side of caution only.".
The 318 Airbus rolled to a PSA from the terminal building and police took three passengers into custody, said Kowalchuck. The escorted three out of the plane in handcuffs included two men and a woman passenger Ilona Hajdar of Charlotte, Michigan, told Associated Press.
She said that she realized that there is a problem when the deck of the aircraft shall extend to the door. The aircraft then rolled to a remote location on the airfield. After about half an hour, the SWAT police boarded.
"Everyone, put your hands on the rest of seat in front of you." Don't move, "they said, according to Hajdar, 27, who had been asleep during much of the flight and onboard with his daughter of 2 1/2 years."
Passengers Belinda Duggan, of Troy, Michigan, said the first time, she realized that something was wrong when the aircraft rolled through the door and moves towards a remote patch of the tarmac.
"I said: ' Oh my God,"' Duggan said. "" "". Suddenly, a SWAT team crossed and saying, ' Please place your hands on the seat in front of you. "»
The police had three dogs with them, she said. After three passengers away camper, police asked the remaining passengers of bus of the Commission and led to the Prefecture of police of Romulus for interviews, said Duggan.
Authorities cleared the plane at 5: 15 p.m. EDT the after it was searched, in accordance with the Transportation Security Administration.
Kowalchuck said luggage was removed from the aircraft for inspection by police K-9 dogs. The other passengers were taken by bus to the terminal.
623 Flight originating in San Diego before stopping at the Denver International Airport on his way to Detroit.
In Denver, the FBI has said that the North American Aerospace Defense Command scrambled fighter aircraft F-16 in the shadow of the aircraft "out of" an abundance of caution. The aircraft was searched and nothing was found, the FBI said.
Two F - 16 were sent to the shadow of the Airbus, said John Cornelio, a spokesman for the North American Aerospace Defense Command, headquartered at the Base air Peterson in Colorado Springs.
Wintner, said Frontier crew by radio to request the assistance of the police when the plane landed, which prompted stakeholders for the passengers of the flight and the question, after the aircraft taxied to a remote location to the airport.
Wintner said that he did not know the nature of the issue of security.
Also Sunday, the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks, NORAD sent two F-16s to escort Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers repeated trips to the bathroom, officials said. A law enforcement official said that he was not regarded as terrorism. 34 Flight landed safely at New York's Kennedy airport.
New York was in a State of security after federal officials received credible tip but not corroborated a conspiracy of the car bomb on the anniversary of New York or Washington.
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