Flight to Chicago lands in Maine
BANGOR, Maine Another trans-Atlantic flight has been diverted.
Officials say the flight from Manchester, England to Chicago has landed instead in Bangor, Maine.
A spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration says the American Airlines flight was diverted for security reasons. She provided no additional information.
Police confirm there's been an incident at the airport, but they're also not elaborating.
Federal agents are on their way.
A reporter for the Bangor Daily News says the plane is on the tarmac with its engines off, and that the local bomb squad has been called.
http://www.fox12news.com/Global/story.asp?S=5326683
BBC now confirms flight is American Airlines, reason being that a passenger is on the 'No Fly list' on that flight.
http://www.airliners.net/discussions/general_aviation/read.main/2955236/
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