http://apnews.myway.com/article/20091228/D9CS0P2G0.html
ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) - Armed officers on Sunday rushed aboard the same Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight that was attacked on Christmas Day, but the perceived threat wasn't much of a danger - just an ill traveler who spent too much time in the bathroom. Coming so soon after a Nigerian was accused of trying to blow up a plane, authorities quickly responded to an emergency call from the crew on Flight 253 from Amsterdam. Some of the 256 passengers were rattled while others apparently weren't aware of the incident. Tim Jeronimus, 13, said he was "a bit nervous" when officers entered, and his 11-year-old sister, Emma, said she was scared. Their mother, Jane Jeronimus, said the captain told passengers that no arrival gates were available. "I said to my husband, 'That's not true,'" she later recalled inside the terminal at Detroit Metropolitan Airport. Airport police and border officers then entered the cabin to remove the man from the plane. Passengers were safely evacuated, and luggage was lined up on the ground for inspection by bomb-sniffing dogs. The passenger, also a Nigerian, was a businessman who was sick and posed no security threat, said two law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the incident. The traveler in question had "spent a lengthy time in the restroom," FBI spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said. "This raised concerns so an alert was raised. ... The investigation shows that this was a non-serious incident and all is clear at this point," she said. The passenger was released after questioning, Berchtold said. The man used the bathroom several times during the trip and refused to come out as the plane was preparing to land, said Lester Robinson, head of the Wayne County Airport Authority.
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