Prayer boxes raise red flag, divert flight
Photo credit: AP Photo/Matt Rourke | A plane is escorted by a law enforcement vehicle to a terminal at Philadelphia International Airport in Philadelphia, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. A spokesman for US Airways says a flight from New York to Louisville, Ky., has been diverted to Philadelphia International Airport because of security concerns. Spokesman Jim Olson says US Airways Express Flight 3709 landed in Philadelphia around 9 a.m. Thursday morning after taking off from La Guardia airport. He would not elaborate on the security concern. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Photos: Jewish prayer ritual item prompts flight diversion
PHILADELPHIA - A teenage passenger using a Jewish prayer object caused a misunderstanding that led the captain to divert a Kentucky-bound flight to Philadelphia and prompted a visit from a bomb squad.
A 17-year-old boy on US Airways Express Flight 3079 from LaGuardia to Louisville was using tefillin, a set of small boxes containing biblical passages that are attached to leather straps, said...
