No Bomb Found on Delta Plane Returned to New York Over Suspicious Wires

A Delta flight headed to Madrid returned to JFK after takeoff Thursday, July 12, 2012, after suspicious wires were noticed on board by Federal Air Marshals. (WABC)

From ABC News:

Authorities fearing terror in the sky turned around a flight to Madrid shortly after it took off from New York when a federal air marshal spotted suspicious wires in a rear lavatory.

However, after a SWAT team entry, a bomb squad search and the detaining of a woman who may have become ill aboard the plane, no bomb was found.

However, officials discovered two pieces of a drinking straw about an-inch-and-a-half long with wires running through each. No explosive was present.