Unhappy Love Affair Downs L.A.-Bound Jet
CLEVELAND — A United Airlines DC-10 flying from Washington to Los Angeles made an emergency landing today at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport after a “distraught†woman passenger suggested that her estranged boyfriend might have sabotaged the flight.
United Flight 51 with 192 passengers aboard left Washington’s Dulles International Airport at 8:50 a.m. and landed at Hopkins at 10:38 a.m.
“The passenger involved is being questioned by the FBI,†United spokesman Thomas Germuska said in Chicago.
The passengers left the aircraft after a safe landing and all luggage was unloaded.
“There was a complete search of the airplane . . . passenger luggage, all matched up. Nothing was there and it went on,†Germuska said. “You got a woman who was distraught over the fact that she had a broken romance on her hands.â€
He said she was traveling alone.
The passengers were told to expect to be delayed in Cleveland until early afternoon. The flight had been due in Los Angeles at 11:05 a.m. PST.
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