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<p>The passengers who prompted a terrorism scare on a Detroit-bound flight on Sunday, the tenth anniversary of 9/11, were not joining the Mile High Club in the airplane bathroom as initial reports suggested, the FBI said in a statement Monday.</p>

Alert readers have reported that their flight, United Airlines 3681, from St. Louis to Washington Dulles had to make an emergency return to the gate as it prepared for take-off. According to local officials, it was found that two men who had boarded the plane as ‘federal air marshals’ didn’t have the proper credentials. Passengers were deplaned, all luggage was removed and re-scanned. All passengers were also re-screened. Passengers are now in the process of re-boarding. There is no word on the two ‘air marshals.’ BigGovernment has contacted security officials in St. Louis. Ron Meyer, of Young America Foundation, was...

According to officials, police met a plane that landed Sunday at Detroit Metro Airport. Officials said the pilot of Frontier Airlines flight 623 from Denver to Detroit alerted the airport tower of an emergency on board.

Alert readers have reported that their flight, United Airlines 3681, from St. Louis to Washington Dulles had to make an emergency return to the gate as it prepared for take-off. According to local officials, it was found that two men who had boarded the plane as ‘federal air marshals’ didn’t have the proper credentials. Passengers were deplaned, all luggage was removed and re-scanned. All passengers were also re-screened. Passengers are now in the process of re-boarding. There is no word on the two ‘air marshals.’ BigGovernment has contacted security officials in St. Louis. We will report back what we hear....

Two F-16 fighter jets were scrambled to escort a flight from Los Angeles to John F. Kennedy Airport Sunday afternoon after three passengers refused to come out of a bathroom. The flight landed safely after 4 p.m. The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that it was "notified of passengers allegedly behaving suspiciously" onboard the flight at about 3 p.m., and that the jets were scrambled "out of an abundance of caution." "Law enforcement met the flight and will interview passengers," the TSA said. The passengers on American Airlines Flight 34 went into a bathroom and were "not compliant,"...

With the nation on high alert on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, fighter jets were scrambled to escort an American Airlines flight from Los Angeles International Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport Sunday, after three passengers refused to come out of a bathroom, according to a report by NBC New York.

The Transportation Security Administration said in a statement that the report Sunday afternoon prompted NORAD officials to send F-16 jets to shadow the flight until it landed safely in Detroit -- a step the agency said was taken "out of an abundance of caution."

This is breaking news, so unfortunately I do not have a tremendous amount of details. This is what is known: Swedish security police have arrested four terror suspects on suspicion of "preparing a terrorist attack." Today being September 11, fear of terrorism is much greater than on normal days. The four were arrested in Sweden's second largest city Goteborg early Sunday, according to Security police spokesman Stefan Johansson. No further comments were given.

As authorities search for three missing trucks in New York City in Washington, Dulles Airport has been partially evacuated after a bomb-sniffing dog alerted authorities Saturday night. A Transportation Security Administration told CNN that a dog sounded the alert when cargo was being loaded into an aircraft. Virginia State Police are on the scene. Explosive teams are at B Concourse area at Dulles investigated a number of canisters but found no explosives or anything harmful. Tonight CNN is reporting that there are three vans missing in New York City, two of which were taken from a company that worked at...

A Southwest flight carrying 115 passengers from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to BWI Airport was diverted to Nashville International Airport due to a passenger's "suspicious behavior," an airline spokesman said.

CNN just reported that an explosive-sniffing dog alerted to a package at Dulles Airport resutlting in closing of one of their terminals. Nothing more at this time

FBI: Intelligence Community Debating Credibility of Terror Threat Published September 10, 2011 | FoxNews.com advertisement Federal authorities are beginning to question the credibility of a tip that Al Qaeda plans to launch an attack on Washington or New York during the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. But local law enforcement agencies in both cities that were at the heart of the attack a decade ago remain on high alert this weekend. Brenda Heck, an FBI special agent who is in charge of the Washington field office, told Fox News that there is a debate within the intelligence...

One of eight men accused of plotting terror in North Carolina may be linked to what U.S. officials call a credible threat of a plan to bomb American cities on the tenth anniversary of Sept. 11. -snip- In addition to al-Zawahiri and a top lieutenant, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday that three other suspected al Qaeda leaders could be involved. They included 22-year-old Jude Kenan Mohammad. Mohammad, a Fuquay-Varina High School dropout, was amongst a group of eight prosecutors say was organized by Daniel Patrick Boyd that allegedly plotted to support overseas terrorism. Boyd pleaded guilty in February to...

Two homegrown terrorists - allegedly recruited by Al Qaeda and carrying US passports - are believed to be behind the car bomb plot planned for Washington or New York on the 10th anniversary of 9/11, authorities said. -snip- Cops in the city and Long Island put out a related alert late last night for a stolen white "Budget Rental" van with the Oklahoma tag 2LE922.

<p>DEVELOPING -- Federal authorities have come across what they believe may be a credible threat to the U.S. homeland surrounding the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, several sources tell Fox News.</p>