Passenger Questioned After Flight Lands At BWI

LINTCHICUM, Md. (AP) ― Airport officials say police are questioning a passenger who exhibited suspicious behavior during a Continental Express' approach to BWI airport.

Airport spokesman Jonathan Dean says it happened aboard Flight 2699, operated by ExpressJet Airlines, from Newark, N.J., to Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport Thursday about 6 p.m. He says the crew noticed a passenger behaving suspiciously and the captain declared a precautionary alert.

The plane, a regional jet Embraer-145 carrying 44 passengers and three crew members, landed safely and passengers were allowed to leave the craft. There were no injuries.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police were questioning the passenger.