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HOUSTON (Reuters) - Federal agents arrested a San Antonio, Texas, man on Tuesday for leaving a written bomb threat on board a Southwest Airlines flight last week, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Chuck Rosenberg. Southwest Airlines Flight 21 landed at a Houston airport on Friday after the note was found. The 136 passengers and five crew were held for questioning while the Boeing 737 was searched for weapons or explosives. None were found. The note is believed to have been a hoax by Elias Jeremiah Cervantez, 20, of San Antonio, as the plane flew from Odessa, Texas, to...

Click to enlarge HOUSTON - A note found in a Southwest Airlines seat pocket claiming a bomb was on the plane prompted a landing and evacuation on an isolated stretch of runway Friday, but bomb-sniffing dogs found no signs of explosives, authorities said. Investigators interviewed and re-screened the 136 passengers who had been on the flight from Dallas to Houston. Three passengers who saw the note were still being interviewed late Friday afternoon, but no one had been taken into custody, FBI spokesman Al Tribble said. Tribble said he didn't have the exact wording of the note, but "it...

Travelers bound for Corpus Christi were detained in Houston for hours Friday after a passenger found a note claiming there was a bomb onboard their Southwest Airlines flight. The passenger alerted the crew about the note, prompting the plane to land at an isolated part of Hobby Airport, authorities said. No one was injured, and bomb-sniffing dogs found no evidence of explosives on the plane, said Andrea McCauley, spokeswoman with the Transportation Security Administration. That was good news for Belia Segura of Harlingen, who was waiting anxiously for the arrival of her granddaughter Elizabeth Rodriguez, 16, at Corpus Christi International...

Note that held flight for 3 hours likely was left by a prankster, officials say Authorities said a written bomb threat that grounded a Southwest Airlines plane Friday and briefly shut down operations at Hobby Airport appeared to be a hoax that could have been left on the aircraft weeks ago. Investigators "were able to determine that there was no terrorist threat to the airplane or passengers," FBI spokesman Al Tribble said. The obvious relief of the passengers was tempered somewhat by their being forced to remain on the plane for an hour while authorities investigated the purported threat. "When...

ABC News Breaking News Item - A Southwest Airlines jet has been diverted to Houston Hobby Airport due to a bomb threat. No details . . . .breaking news.

Apparently 10 people overcome by fumes on flight, 4 in critical condition. This was reported at the half hour flash (11:30PM EDT).