ワシントンDC発デンバー行きユナイテッド663便ボーイング757機内で 男が靴を燃やして緊急着陸 靴爆弾でテロ企てか ttp://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=7374275 NEW YORK -- Federal air marshals subdued a man who authorities say attempted to "light his shoes on fire" on a United flight from Washington Reagan to Denver Wednesday night, federal law enforcement officials told ABC News.
Authorities said two jet fighters were scrambled from Buckley Air Force Base to accompany United flight 663, a Boeing 757, as it flew the final 40 miles to Denver where it landed safely.
Authorities said the man, identified as from Qatar, was restrained by the air marshals who were on the flight.
The United jet was reportedly being directed to a remote location at the Denver airport.
A spokesman for the FBI in Denver declined to comment.