Four Passengers Removed from Plane in Baltimore After 'Suspicious Behavior' Reported

LINTHICUM, Md. (AP) — Authorities say four people were removed from a Chicago-bound flight at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport after a passenger reported suspicious behavior as the plane taxied to the runway.

Maryland Transportation Authority Police spokesman 1st Sgt. Jonathan Green said Tuesday that Spirit Airlines flight 969 was taxiing Tuesday morning when the crew decided to return to the gate. He says that the captain asked police to remove three men and a woman from the plane and that police are investigating.

Spirit Airlines spokesman Stephen Schuler says "a passenger alerted a flight attendant of a passenger engaged in suspicious activity on board." He says that once Transportation Security Administration cleared the plane and luggage, the flight departed after 9 a.m. It had been scheduled to leave at 6.

(Story by: The Associated Press)