BOSTON - A Paris to Miami flight was diverted to Logan International Airport this afternoon after a passenger wearing shoes containing an "improvised explosive" attempted to ignite his shoes.
Passengers and crew members of American Airlines Flight 63 helped subdue the man, who became violent when confronted.
The man appeared to be an Arab carrying a false passport issued in Belgium three weeks ago in the name of Richard Reid. WBZ-TV (Ch. 4) reported him as being 28-years-old.
"I'm told the flight attendant was drawn to him by the smell of sulfur from a lit match, and then challenged him as to what he was doing," said Thomas Kinton, interim executive director of the Massachusetts Port Authority, which runs the airport.