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Old 29th Mar 2002, 01:17
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If this is the guy I think he is, he's no stranger to controversy. There is a Richard Lambertsen who is a marine biologist specializing in whale studies. He was fired by University of Florida years ago after Greenpeace questioned the political correctness of his research.. .. ._________________________________________________. .. .Passenger arrested after making threat in Boston, officials say. .Delta jet evacuated, swept for bombs. .. .March 28, 2002 Posted: 3:44 PM EST (2044 GMT). .. . . .BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) -- A man was arrested Thursday after he told a flight attendant on a Delta Air Lines plane preparing to take off from Boston's Logan International Airport that he had "top secret" information and that "people could be killed," officials said. . .. .The incident occurred at 1:15 p.m. EST after the jet had been pulled back from Gate 34, where boarding had just been completed. The plane was to fly to Orlando, Florida. . .. .The 118 passengers aboard Delta Express Flight 2533 were taken off the plane, said Phil Orlandella, Logan's director of media relations. . .. .The man, identified by a government source as Richard Lambertsen of Florida, repeated his words to officials questioning him, and he was charged with interfering with a flight crew, officials said. . .. .The Boeing 737 was moved to a remote runway where it and passengers' luggage were searched for possible explosives. None were found, Orlandella said. . .. ."They're bringing them back to the plane as we speak," he said. . .. .A government source said the incident does not appear to be related to terrorism. . .. .Both of the hijacked planes that crashed into the World Trade Center on September 11 took off from Logan.
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