Posted on 05/06/2010 8:18:06 PM PDT by wtd
An unruly passenger causes a Continental Express jet to make an emergency landing at BWI.
Captain Mike Perry reports around 6:30 p.m. Thursday County police and fire marshals were requested to respond to the airport for an unruly passenger on the Continental Express jet.
At this point, it is not clear whether the flight originated from BWI or was en route.
Passengers on the flight had to be deplaned as officials and a dog boarded the plane.
There's no further information on what the passenger may have done.
Stay with WJZ.COM for updates to this developing story.
************** supplement with http://voices.washingtonpost.com/getthere/2010/05/passenger_questioned_at_bwi.html Passenger questioned at BWI via AP/Washington Post Airport officials say police are questioning a passenger who exhibited suspicious behavior during a Continental Express' approach to BWI airport.
Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean says it happened aboard Flight 2699, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, from Newark, N.J., to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Thursday about 6 p.m. He says the crew noticed a passenger behaving suspiciously and the captain declared a precautionary alert.
The plane, a regional jet Embraer-145 carrying 44 passengers and three crew members, landed safely and passengers were allowed to leave the craft. There were no injuries.
Maryland Transportation Authority Police were questioning the passenger.
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Baltimore Washington
Baltimore-Washington International airport, I think its in Maryland.
Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.
BO/BS should have taken AF-1
TY 4 HLP W/TLAs
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Seems like this is happening every day now.
Only the jihadists and mentally unbalanced can board without issue these days. Everyone else has to go through a Simon Says drill to clear security.
Grandmas nail clippers and your eyeglass screwdriver won’t be available as weapons to the terrorists anymore, however.
Amish?
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
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