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A Southwest flight carrying 115 passengers from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to BWI Airport was diverted to Nashville International Airport due to a passenger's "suspicious behavior," an airline spokesman said.

An unruly passenger causes a Continental Express jet to make an emergency landing at BWI. Captain Mike Perry reports around 6:30 p.m. Thursday County police and fire marshals were requested to respond to the airport for an unruly passenger on the Continental Express jet. At this point, it is not clear whether the flight originated from BWI or was en route. Passengers on the flight had to be deplaned as officials and a dog boarded the plane. There's no further information on what the passenger may have done. Stay with WJZ.COM for updates to this developing story. ************** supplement with...

FBI: Man Flew Into NYC From BWI With Firecracker Passenger Taken Into Custody After Explosive Device Found Wedged Between Two Seats On Piedmont Airlines Flight Into LaGuardia NEW YORK (CBS) ― A passenger who flew into LaGuardia Airport on Sunday night was questioned by FBI agents after allegedly boarding the flight with an explosive device in his possession, CBS 2 has learned. Officials confirmed Monday that a crew member on board Piedmont Airlines flight 4126 was cleaning the plane after it landed in New York around 7:30 p.m. when he found a large firecracker-like device wedged between two seats. Port...

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The decision by MSNBC to yank Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews from anchor duty during live political events did not exactly send a thrill up the leg of liberal bloggers. A number of them denounced the cable channel yesterday for making a change that had long been sought by NBC News veterans, saying MSNBC was caving into pressure from John McCain's campaign and the right wing. MSNBC President Phil Griffin denied that complaints from either Republicans or NBC journalists were a factor. He said he reached the decision after "talking to my guys, mainly Olbermann," after the Republican convention. Olbermann...

Two commercial jets came within 300 feet of hitting each other at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last weekend, federal aviation officials said yesterday. The incident occurred about 7:25 p.m. Sunday when a Delta Connection regional jet took off and flew over a US Airways Airbus A320 that was landing on a crossing runway, officials said. Airline representatives said there were 43 passengers on the Delta Connection jet, which is operated by Comair and was headed to Boston. There were 150 passengers on the US Airways jet, which was arriving from Phoenix. No one was hurt on either plane. The...

WASHINGTON — Airport security officers around the nation have been alerted by federal officials to look out for terrorists practicing to carry explosive components onto aircraft, based on four curious seizures at airports since last September. The unclassified alert was distributed on July 20... The seizures at airports in San Diego, Milwaukee, Houston and Baltimore included "wires, switches, pipes or tubes, cell phone components and dense clay-like substances," including block cheese, the bulletin said. "The unusual nature and increase in number of these improvised items raise concern." Security officers were urged to keep an eye out for "ordinary items that...

As Virginia moves closer to extending Metrorail to Dulles International Airport, Maryland officials are ramping up plans and support for their own multibillion-dollar extension to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. The General Assembly late last month approved a $1 million study of the proposed 20-mile extension of the Green Line, the latest sign that the project -- long considered a pie-in-the-sky transit wish -- has increasingly become a top priority for key transportation planners in Annapolis. "Clearly, we're racing the clock, because they are going to start building that rail up to Dulles," said Sen. John A. Giannetti Jr. (D-Prince...

A former baggage handler at Baltimore-Washington International Airport admitted yesterday to stealing CDs, cameras and other items from the luggage of travelers - many of them soldiers serving overseas - and was chided by a judge who imposed a sentence in excess of state guidelines. Shaka Nesta Watson, 20, was ordered to serve two years in prison for his role in a ring that is suspected of stealing thousands of dollars worth of electronics and military-related items from international travelers during 2004. Watson pleaded guilty to one count of felony theft of a laptop computer from a civilian Air Canada...

Baltimore Airport Renamed for Marshall By GRETCHEN PARKER, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 20 minutes ago ANNAPOLIS, Md. - The governor signed a bill Tuesday renaming Baltimore-Washington International Airport for Thurgood Marshall, the first black justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning Oct. 1, the airport will be known as Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Republican Gov. Robert Ehrlich signed the bill as civil rights leaders and lawmakers looked on. "Our purpose is to honor a great mind who did the most to end legal segregation in America," said state Delegate Emmett Burns, a Baptist minister who introduced the bill.

"The bill's sponsor, Baltimore County Delegate Emmett Burns Jr., D-District 10, believes race played a role in the resistance. "He's African-American and a great man, and they have a problem with that. Need I say more?" Burns said."

Weighing in at six words, 55 letters and a tongue-twisting 17 syllables, the proposed new name for BWI Airport, everyone seems to agree, is an orthographical behemoth. Thurgood Marshall Baltimore-Washington International Airport -- the name proposed in legislation making its way through the Maryland General Assembly -- would, few dispute, appropriately honor one of Maryland's most revered sons. The change would cost the state at least $2.1 million, according to preliminary estimates.

I've seen an internal FAA memo stating suspicious letters sent to AT control at 5 airports: JFK, BWI, SFO, HNL & LAX. Canadian postage. One letter conatained a drawing of the "Grim Reaper". JTTF is on this, and any more info would help.

Apparently 10 people overcome by fumes on flight, 4 in critical condition. This was reported at the half hour flash (11:30PM EDT).

Small Plane Crashes in Neighborhood Near Baltimore-Washington Airport, Killing Pilot By Foster Klug Associated Press Writer May 14, 2004 LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) - A small plane crashed in a residential neighborhood Friday, shearing off treetops and slamming into a boat and a pickup truck before its fuselage stopped at the front door of a house. The pilot was killed, but no one else was hurt. It was "nothing short of a miracle" that no one on the ground was injured in the crash east of Baltimore-Washington International Airport, said Maj. Greg Shipley of the Maryland State Police. Mike Doyle, 53,...

Police Stopping All Cars Entering BWI Tuesday January 06, 2004 11:20am Linthicum, Md. (AP) - Maryland Transportation Authority police are stopping all cars entering Baltimore-Washington International Airport for security checks. Police officials say that the "100 percent security checks" began after 10 a.m. Police say the sweeps are not a response to a specific threat. Police aren't saying how long they will continue checking every car that enters the airport. Airport officials say that the sweeps are not expected to create major delays entering the airport. And they still recommend that passengers plan on arriving 90 minutes before their scheduled...

<p>Adrienne Trout's energetic greetings to troops milling through Baltimore-Washington InternationalAirport on Wednesday morning make her seem more like a cheerleader than a nonprofit director.</p> <p>Mrs. Trout, 35, heads the United Service Organization of Metropolitan Washington's lounge at BWI's international pier.</p>

Lt. Christian Dietz, on his way to rejoin his unit in Iraq after two weeks R&R with his family in Washington Township, Mich., assumed he would miss Thanksgiving. Lt. Dietz, 26, was walking to buy a sandwich at a fast food restaurant at BWI Airport yesterday when an employee from Southwest Airlines directed him to an employee's lounge. There Lt. Dietz and his fellow soldiers were given plates piled high with generous portions of turkey, stuffing and all the trimmings. "This is great," said Lt. Dietz, of the 40th Engineering Battalion, as he worked on his food. "This is the...

As the automatic doors leading out of customs at BWI Airport swung open, a loud, sustained cheer rang out. The troops just off the plane from Iraq -- looking gritty in their desert camouflage uniforms -- stopped short. "Welcome back. Good to have you home," said Bill Self, a Vietnam War veteran, extending his hand to each soldier arriving for two weeks of home leave. Beyond him, a second line of veterans was waiting with telephone cards allowing the soldiers to make free calls across the country. At the end of the gantlet stood Ray Shipley, 75, a Korean War...

Veterans Welcome R&R-Bound Troops By K.L. VantranAmerican Forces Press Service BALTIMORE, Nov. 14, 2003 - The moonlight dances with the lights on the tarmac at Baltimore-Washington International Airport as the winds blow rustling leaves across the runway. It's 4 a.m., or "oh-dark thirty" as those in the military like to say. Inside, custodians busily mop floors around passengers who have sacked out on airport chairs. The area is silent, save for a handful of people quietly talking as they wait for the next flight from Iraq in the military's rest and recuperation leave program. Bill and Carolyn Self move...

Dear Friends and Family, I hope that you will spare me a few minutes of your time to tell you about something that I saw on Monday, October 27. I had been attending a conference in Annapolis and was coming home on Sunday. As you may recall, Los Angeles International Airport was closed on Sunday, October 26, because of the fires that affected air traffic control. Accordingly, my flight, and many others, were canceled and I wound up spending a night in Baltimore. My story begins the next day. When I went to check in at the United counter Monday...

Weary Travelers Support Operation Iraqi Freedom Troops at BWI By Donna Miles American Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2003 — Nearly everyone has experienced it at one time or another: an airport bogged down by bad weather, delayed and cancelled flights, and cranky, overtired travelers wanting nothing more than to get to their destinations. That's exactly what Will Ross, an administrative judge for the Defense Department's Office of Hearings and Appeals in Los Angeles, encountered Oct. 27 at Baltimore/Washington International Airport. But what he witnessed that day, he said, "made me proud to be an American, and also...

Like all major airports, Baltimore-Washington International is used to emotional scenes. But it can have witnessed few in recent years such as the encounters of yesterday, as nearly 200 American soldiers, still in their desert fatigues, returned home for a brief break from Iraq. The opening of the swing doors from the Customs hall was greeted by loud intakes of breath and cheers. Then the spell was broken and a young woman with a six-month-old baby charged past the barrier and fell into an oncoming soldier's arms. Sergeant Corey Rieken was seeing his boy for the first time. He left...

To escort plane to BWI, FBI questioning 3 passengers I did not hear this myself, can anyone confirm???

MFN-FIRE/EMS: Anne Arundel Co, MD/ Haz-Mat on the Aircraft/ BWI Airport/ Units req several Medic Units and EMS Super/ Mut Aid from Surrounding Co's/ Unknown Chemical/ AA Alarmers enroute. (Nextel Scott) MFN-1 Radio reports approximately 30 patients being deconned at this time.