>January 6, 2004
>Woman Removed From Paris - Cincinnati Plane
>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>Filed at 11:27 p.m. ET
>
>HEBRON, Ky. (AP) -- A woman was taken off a Paris-to-Cincinnati flight just before it left France on Tuesday because of suspicious wires poking out of her leather jacket. Security officials later determined she was not a threat.
It turned out that the motorcycle jacket was designed to heat up like an electric blanket to keep the wearer warm, officials said. However, as a precaution, Delta Flight 43 was kept a half-mile from the terminal at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after it landed.
U.S. officials then re-screened all passengers and baggage.
The plane landed at a cargo area where Air Force One lands when President Bush visits. Police cars and Delta passenger buses were gathered at the site, which is surrounded by a 10-foot chain-link fence with barbed wire.
A Homeland Security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the passenger was taken off the plane before it left France because of concerns about the wires. Police bomb disposal experts were called in to check the
woman's jacket, said French police officials speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
The Boeing 767-300 is a regularly scheduled flight from Charles deGaulle airport outside Paris. The security concerns delayed the plane's takeoff about an hour, authorities said.
>Woman Removed From Paris - Cincinnati Plane
>By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
>
>Filed at 11:27 p.m. ET
>
>HEBRON, Ky. (AP) -- A woman was taken off a Paris-to-Cincinnati flight just before it left France on Tuesday because of suspicious wires poking out of her leather jacket. Security officials later determined she was not a threat.
It turned out that the motorcycle jacket was designed to heat up like an electric blanket to keep the wearer warm, officials said. However, as a precaution, Delta Flight 43 was kept a half-mile from the terminal at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport after it landed.
U.S. officials then re-screened all passengers and baggage.
The plane landed at a cargo area where Air Force One lands when President Bush visits. Police cars and Delta passenger buses were gathered at the site, which is surrounded by a 10-foot chain-link fence with barbed wire.
A Homeland Security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the passenger was taken off the plane before it left France because of concerns about the wires. Police bomb disposal experts were called in to check the
woman's jacket, said French police officials speaking on customary condition of anonymity.
The Boeing 767-300 is a regularly scheduled flight from Charles deGaulle airport outside Paris. The security concerns delayed the plane's takeoff about an hour, authorities said.
