Man Attempts To Light Shoes On Fire On Flight To DIA

Passenger Taken Into Custody When Plane Lands In Denver

Marshall Zelinger, 7NEWS Content Producer/Presenter
POSTED: 8:01 pm MDT April 7, 2010
UPDATED: 8:18 pm MDT April 7, 2010

DENVER -- A passenger on a flight from Washington, D.C., to DIA reportedly tried to light his shoes on fire during the flight.

ABC News reports that federal air marshals on the flight stopped and restrained the man, who was a passenger on United flight 663 from Reagan National Airport to DIA Wednesday night. United flight 663 landed in Denver at 7:21 p.m.

According to ABC News, the man is from Qatar.

Two jet fighters flew in from Buckley Air Force Base to meet the flight as it flew the final 40 miles to Denver.

Authorities say an explosive team is on the way to the airport, and that while the presence of explosives has not yet been confirmed, they believe it was an attempted "shoe bomb."

ABC News reports there were 157 passengers and six crew members on the flight.

7NEWS has crews at DIA gathering information. 7NEWS and TheDenverChannel will continue to update this breaking news story.

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