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14th Oct 2001, 05:27
From www.yahoo.com (http://www.yahoo.com)
Saturday October 13 8:43 PM ET
Plane Held at San Jose Airport
By COLLEEN VALLES, Associated Press Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - About 80 passengers were held aboard a jetliner Saturday afternoon after a man reportedly stood up in mid-flight and released a powdery substance into the air ventilation system.
Police, FBI (news - web sites) and emergency crews were setting up a decontamination tent for the passengers of United Airlines Flight 1669 from Chicago.
"There was apparently a report of a Middle Eastern male who went to the rear of the plane and opened up an envelope. It had some powder in it and it went through the air duct system,'' said police spokesman Rubens Dalaison.
The witness and the man who was accused of dispersing the powder were taken off the plane and were being decontaminated.
Fire department personnel took air samples from inside the Airbus 319 jet to determine if any toxic agents were present, Dalaison said.
Airport spokesman Jim Peterson said someone from flight crew radioed to the San Jose tower about 2:30 p.m. and told them that a witness reported seeing a man open up an envelope and disperse an unknown substance into an air vent.
At Washington's Dulles International Airport, a spokeswoman said a powdery substance found in a restroom on a United plane from London was being tested at an Army laboratory in Maryland.
Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton said the flight was met Saturday by a hazardous materials team and FBI agents, who determined that 17 people out of 216 passengers and 14 crew members had used the bathroom.
The 17 passengers were detained and preliminary decontamination steps were taken on them, which Hamilton said consisted for most part of washing their hands.
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A very very chilling turn of events indeed. :(
Saturday October 13 8:43 PM ET
Plane Held at San Jose Airport
By COLLEEN VALLES, Associated Press Writer
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - About 80 passengers were held aboard a jetliner Saturday afternoon after a man reportedly stood up in mid-flight and released a powdery substance into the air ventilation system.
Police, FBI (news - web sites) and emergency crews were setting up a decontamination tent for the passengers of United Airlines Flight 1669 from Chicago.
"There was apparently a report of a Middle Eastern male who went to the rear of the plane and opened up an envelope. It had some powder in it and it went through the air duct system,'' said police spokesman Rubens Dalaison.
The witness and the man who was accused of dispersing the powder were taken off the plane and were being decontaminated.
Fire department personnel took air samples from inside the Airbus 319 jet to determine if any toxic agents were present, Dalaison said.
Airport spokesman Jim Peterson said someone from flight crew radioed to the San Jose tower about 2:30 p.m. and told them that a witness reported seeing a man open up an envelope and disperse an unknown substance into an air vent.
At Washington's Dulles International Airport, a spokeswoman said a powdery substance found in a restroom on a United plane from London was being tested at an Army laboratory in Maryland.
Spokeswoman Tara Hamilton said the flight was met Saturday by a hazardous materials team and FBI agents, who determined that 17 people out of 216 passengers and 14 crew members had used the bathroom.
The 17 passengers were detained and preliminary decontamination steps were taken on them, which Hamilton said consisted for most part of washing their hands.
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A very very chilling turn of events indeed. :(