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September 2nd, 2006, 11:06 AM
Dateline HARTFORD, Conn. An NBC News story.
http://www.nbc30.com/news/9746701/detail.html
A 21-year-old student from Old Lyme, Conn., is scheduled to appear in federal court Monday after bringing something on to an airplane that he should not have.
Huck Fish is accused of bringing a stick of dynamite on board a Continental Airlines flight.
Fish was arrested Friday after the item was found in his checked baggage by bomb-sniffing dogs during a stopover in Houston.
The man was returning after a trip to Argentina. Fish's father told NBC 30 News that his son had gotten the dynamite as a souvenir while touring a mine.
From North Jersey Media Group
A college student on a flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport was detained in Houston on Friday after authorities found explosives in his baggage, federal officials said.
Although Howard MacFarland Fish, 21, was being held in Texas, the FBI determined that he did not intend to commit an act of terrorism, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Still, ICE agents were consulting with federal prosecutors to determine whether to charge Fish with a criminal offense.
The Continental Airlines flight was one of six U.S. flights affected by security concerns Friday.
Continental's Newark-bound flight originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and stopped in Houston about 6 a.m., where passengers exited to clear customs. After a Customs dog singled out Fish's luggage, agents inspected his bag and discovered "prohibited explosive items," according to a statement issued by ICE.
It was unclear what those items were. The Houston Fire Department said Fish had a stick of dynamite. But a Customs spokesman in Washington said Fish had a vial of ammonium nitrate, a powder used in explosives, in his checked luggage, and a fuse in his carry-on baggage. The plane was carrying 173 passengers, Continental said.
Federal officials would not cite Fish's explanation for carrying explosives. However, Fish a junior at Lafayette College in southeastern Pennsylvania, said he worked in mining and often handled explosives, fire officials said.
"It turned out the guy worked in some mine field in Ecuador," Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria said. "That is where he was traveling from."
A woman who answered the phone at a house in Old Lyme, Conn., thought to be his parents' home, said she was related to Fish but declined to comment.
Longoria said fire officials held the plane at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport for about an hour. Customs and FBI agents then informed firefighters "there was no identified threat to the aircraft," so fire officials allowed it to leave for Newark, Longoria said. It departed at 8:49 a.m.
When the plane landed in Newark about 1:40 p.m., the airport's operator ordered it boarded and screened at a secure area. About 170 passengers had to deplane and were taken by bus to terminals, Port Authority spokesman Marc La Vorgna said.
"Everything else was determined to be OK," La Vorgna said. "It was an extra, precautionary measure."
From News.com.au
From correspondents in Washington
August 26, 2006 05:17am
A MALE passenger was detained in Houston overnight when "explosive residue" was detected on his clothes after he disembarked from a Continental Airlines flight from Buenos Aires, US officials said.
The flight continued on to Newark Airport, New Jersey, without the passenger, or his baggage, but authorities decided to order a precautionary security sweep of the aircraft when it landed.
"He was going through the customs area when they detected some explosive residue," Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said.
"That individual is now being held by the FBI," she said, adding that explosives sniffing dogs had been brought in to check the passenger's baggage.
No details were available of the man's identity or nationality.
http://www.nbc30.com/news/9746701/detail.html
A 21-year-old student from Old Lyme, Conn., is scheduled to appear in federal court Monday after bringing something on to an airplane that he should not have.
Huck Fish is accused of bringing a stick of dynamite on board a Continental Airlines flight.
Fish was arrested Friday after the item was found in his checked baggage by bomb-sniffing dogs during a stopover in Houston.
The man was returning after a trip to Argentina. Fish's father told NBC 30 News that his son had gotten the dynamite as a souvenir while touring a mine.
From North Jersey Media Group
A college student on a flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport was detained in Houston on Friday after authorities found explosives in his baggage, federal officials said.
Although Howard MacFarland Fish, 21, was being held in Texas, the FBI determined that he did not intend to commit an act of terrorism, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Still, ICE agents were consulting with federal prosecutors to determine whether to charge Fish with a criminal offense.
The Continental Airlines flight was one of six U.S. flights affected by security concerns Friday.
Continental's Newark-bound flight originated in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and stopped in Houston about 6 a.m., where passengers exited to clear customs. After a Customs dog singled out Fish's luggage, agents inspected his bag and discovered "prohibited explosive items," according to a statement issued by ICE.
It was unclear what those items were. The Houston Fire Department said Fish had a stick of dynamite. But a Customs spokesman in Washington said Fish had a vial of ammonium nitrate, a powder used in explosives, in his checked luggage, and a fuse in his carry-on baggage. The plane was carrying 173 passengers, Continental said.
Federal officials would not cite Fish's explanation for carrying explosives. However, Fish a junior at Lafayette College in southeastern Pennsylvania, said he worked in mining and often handled explosives, fire officials said.
"It turned out the guy worked in some mine field in Ecuador," Assistant Fire Chief Omero Longoria said. "That is where he was traveling from."
A woman who answered the phone at a house in Old Lyme, Conn., thought to be his parents' home, said she was related to Fish but declined to comment.
Longoria said fire officials held the plane at Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport for about an hour. Customs and FBI agents then informed firefighters "there was no identified threat to the aircraft," so fire officials allowed it to leave for Newark, Longoria said. It departed at 8:49 a.m.
When the plane landed in Newark about 1:40 p.m., the airport's operator ordered it boarded and screened at a secure area. About 170 passengers had to deplane and were taken by bus to terminals, Port Authority spokesman Marc La Vorgna said.
"Everything else was determined to be OK," La Vorgna said. "It was an extra, precautionary measure."
From News.com.au
From correspondents in Washington
August 26, 2006 05:17am
A MALE passenger was detained in Houston overnight when "explosive residue" was detected on his clothes after he disembarked from a Continental Airlines flight from Buenos Aires, US officials said.
The flight continued on to Newark Airport, New Jersey, without the passenger, or his baggage, but authorities decided to order a precautionary security sweep of the aircraft when it landed.
"He was going through the customs area when they detected some explosive residue," Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Andrea McCauley said.
"That individual is now being held by the FBI," she said, adding that explosives sniffing dogs had been brought in to check the passenger's baggage.
No details were available of the man's identity or nationality.