[windchime]

They are very deceptive creatures and all gave me a different story. "Nothing to see here...move along", "IT'S SERIES AND HUGH!" and "Make sure you bring the Tender Vittles into the safe room". Sooooo, I looked it up. :)

I'm posting the entire story because the site requires registration.

Flight returns to D/FW after suspicious item found on board
04:20 PM CST on Wednesday, January 14, 2004

Associated Press

GRAPEVINE, Texas – An American Airlines jet returned to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Wednesday after a suspicious item, later determined to be a computer security identification device, was found on board.

A flight attendant found the device under a cabin seat about 40 minutes after Flight 1474 had taken off for Charlotte, N.C., said Tim Wagner, a spokesman for Fort Worth-based American.

The pilot returned the plane to D/FW Airport and parked it in a remote area of the tarmac for inspection. The 59 passengers and five crew members on board the MD-80 aircraft were safely deplaned.

"Purely as a precaution, the pilot returned and a security agent identified the device," Wagner said.

Wagner said the small device, which displays passwords to help prevent computer fraud or tampering, probably belonged to a passenger.

No other flights were delayed during the mid-afternoon incident.

The passengers were to be put on other flights to Charlotte.

[rickylc]

"the small device...probably belonged to a passenger"

what? they didn't think to ask? somethin' not right there.

[windchime]

Link to story in Post # 10,798:

http://www.dallasnews.com/latestnews/stories/011504dnmetdfw.9ff3c.html

[Letitring]

That is odd. What kind of device is that? There are so many computer genius types on FR, maybe we'll get an answer and a description.

[angkor]

[JustPiper]

Thank you so much for finding this so the two of us did see a correct newsbreak ;)