Taiwan Flight Diverted, Passenger claims Explosives On Board

A scheduled flight from the Taiwanese capital of Taipei to the eastern Chinese city of Shanghai was diverted to a nearby Chinese airport Saturday after a passenger told cabin crew his luggage contained explosives.

Spokesman Bruce Chen of Taiwan's China Airlines said the plane landed safely at Hangzhou and that Chinese authorities took the passenger away for questioning.

Chen said he was surnamed Lin and that he was traveling on a U.S. passport. He said that he did not appear to have been drinking excessively.

“The passenger told the cabin crew very calmly that he had explosives in his luggage,” Chen said. “After the plane landed in Hangzhou it was very carefully checked and nothing was found.”

via Source.