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Tim Blair, Investigative Reporter

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Killgore Trout4/27/2010 3:02:43 pm PDT

Early reports are often false and this is from Fox News….
Fmr Air Force Man Causes Bomb Scare In Air

A former U.S. Air Force intelligence specialist forced an Atlanta-bound flight to land in Bangor, Maine, after he claimed to have explosives in his luggage, according to several U.S. officials.

Federal air marshals restrained the man as Delta flight 273, which left Paris carrying 235 passengers and 13 crew members, landed in Bangor around 3:30 pm ET, one official told Fox News.

After landing, law enforcement officials, including representatives from the Transportation Security Administration and FBI, took the man into custody.

Authorities were still interviewing him early Tuesday evening, and they were still looking for any information to suggest he was in fact carrying explosives, one official said.

The man also claimed to have boarded the flight with “fake” documents,” but authorities believe the man’s travel documents are authentic, according to one official.