PHOENIX — Two men thought to have been acting suspiciously aboard a flight bound for Phoenix were detained and questioned by anti-terrorism authorities before they were released, the FBI said Sunday.
Transportation Security Administration officials said passengers aboard U.S. Airways Flight 192 from Orlando, Fla., on Saturday night reported that two men, described as Middle Eastern, were acting strangely and talking loudly to each other in a foreign language.
A nearby passenger also observed one of the men watching what appeared to be footage of a suicide bombing, but was actually a scene from the 2007 movie “The Kingdom.” The man also got up from his seat while the seat belt warning sign was still lit, FBI spokesman Manuel Johnson said.
“The totality of those three occurrences led this passenger to believe this was suspicious,” he said.
Nothing dangerous was found during a search of the plane and passengers’ luggage, police said. The men were released after questioning and allowed to continue on to California, Johnson said.
The Associated Press
