ALBAWABA - Authorities arrested a man carrying an explosive device concealed in his bag while attempting to take a domestic flight in the United States.
Mark Muffley, who wanted to fly from Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport to Orlando in Florida, federal police said.
The FBI says a man tried to smuggle an explosive device onto a passenger plane at Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport. The suspect is in custody. @TrevorLAult has details. https://t.co/BLo13SfsFZ pic.twitter.com/B5NesrVgS8
— World News Tonight (@ABCWorldNews) March 2, 2023
The police said that the bag which was with Muffley triggered an alarm as it moved on a belt into a routine baggage inspection device on Monday.
FBI: Man tried to smuggle bomb onto a passenger plane at Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport.
— RPK Report (@RPKReport) March 2, 2023
The suspect is in custody.pic.twitter.com/UNLKUGBqfy
A security officer checked its contents and found a package hidden in the lining of the bag, the police pointed out.
A man is in custody after TSA found an explosive device in a checked piece of luggage at Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley International Airport on Monday. @TrevorLAult reports. pic.twitter.com/BZQOh4S1ob
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) March 2, 2023
Following inspection, police determined that it was an explosive device that included a type of powder that is used in making fireworks, a bottle of butane gas, a lighter, and a tube containing white powder residue.
??? A man was #arrested and charged with attempting to place an #explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft after his bag triggered an alarm at Lehigh Valley International Airport in #Pennsylvania, #US authorities said on Wednesday ?https://t.co/1i2y82093l
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) March 2, 2023
The suspect left the airport when he heard he was being called upon through airport loudspeakers to check in at a security office. But the police stopped him a few hours later and apprehended him.
He was charged with attempting to place an explosive, or incendiary device on an aircraft.
??? A man was #arrested and charged with attempting to place an #explosive or incendiary device on an aircraft after his bag triggered an alarm at Lehigh Valley International Airport in #Pennsylvania, #US authorities said on Wednesday ?https://t.co/1i2y82093l
— FRANCE 24 English (@France24_en) March 2, 2023
