United flight 923 from London to Washington D.C. has been diverted to Boston’s Logan airport. I’m watching this on FOX News. No Link yet.

Early reports say that three passengers had a “confrontation” with the flight crew.

UPDATE: Here is a link to an early story.

United Flight 923 with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely at Boston’s Logan International Airport, United spokesman Brandon Borrman said.

A Logan spokesman said three passengers had a confrontation with the flight crew. State Police took control of the plane after it landed. All the passengers were being taken off the plane and their carry-on luggage was being checked, said spokesman Phil Orlandella.

UPDATE II: FOX NEWS TV is now reporting that the initial disturbance was caused by a female passenger with claustrophobia who could not control herself. There are also unconfirmed reports that the woman had Vaseline, matches, a screw driver, and a note referencing Al Qaida. ???

The flight was escorted to Logan by fighter jets after the pilot declared an emergency.

UPDATE III: FOXNews.com now has this online:

A female passenger aboard United Flight 923 had Vaseline, a screw driver, matches and a note referencing Al Qaeda, according to Phil Orlandella, spokesman for Boston’s Logan International Airport.

The flight, with 182 passengers and 12 crew members landed safely, United spokesman Brandon Borrman said. Borrman said a female passenger was spotted engaging in some “suspicious” activity, but he could not immediately say what the activity was. The flight was escorted to Boston by two fighter jets.

“If she pulled these out of her carry-on luggage, that would have made many people very concerned,” said terrorism expert Neil Livingstone. “She shouldn’t have had these items on the aircraft.”

They are reporting further,

Officials from the Massachusetts Port Authority told the local FOX affiliate that there were three suspicious passengers aboard the flight and that at some point, there was a confrontation with the flight’s crew members. Officials said the three passengers may have had “items” on them but there was no description given of those items.

I am sure that this story will continue to change all day.

UPDATE IV: The news now, including the FOX story linked above which has been updated, are retracting the reports of the items described earlier. FOX TV is saying that the passenger causing the disturbance was a 60 year old woman.

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