Dallas-bound flight escorted to Houston airport by F-16s

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Dallas-bound flight escorted to Houston airport by F-16s
09/11/2002

Associated Press


HOUSTON - A Dallas-bound American Airlines flight was escorted Wednesday afternoon by F-16 fighter jets to Bush Intercontinental Airport after a disturbance was reported on board.

"We seem to have some sort of situation," Houston Airport System spokesman Ernie DeSoto said around 1:30 p.m. CDT. "It is on the ground. It is surrounded. I really don't have many details at this moment."



KHOU-TV
The American Airlines jet was moved to a remote section of Bush Intercontinental Airport.
DeSoto said U.S. air marshals were aboard the flight, which reportedly was headed to Nashville with an intermediate stop at Dallas-Fort Worth International airport.

KHOU-TV reported a folding knife was found aboard the Fokker F100 jet and that two people were taken in for questioning.

KHOU-TV and The Associated Press contributed to this report.