the tsa, it transportation security administration, discovered it before it was loaded on to a flight to florida. investigators say the suspect ducked out of the airport after scrutiny, after security , excue me, called him over the overcome. he was arrested at his home. the bomb technician says it was circular and wrapped up in wax-like paper and plastic wrap. there were two fuses, a quick fuse designed to ignite explosives quickly, a hobby fuse that burns slower. seven people recovering in the hospital this morning after injuries from severe turbulence in the sky yesterday. this is what it looked like inside the plane. food, papers, luggage scattered after lufthanza flight from texas to germany was forced to make an emergency landing just outside of washington, d.c., at dulles. the woman who shot the video was five months pregnant. she says she just finished eating, was about to go to the bathroom when the turbulence suddenly hit. here is how she describes it.
explosives. more now from evan perez. reporter: according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in routine screening happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found. they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses. powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this. the airport tried to page him while he was still at the airport. he left. and he was later arrested that evening on monday by the fbi. the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that, something obviously
explosives aboard and a legion flight from lehigh valley from pennsylvania to florida. evan perez joins us now from stanford, florida. evan, who is this guy? he s 40 years old. his name is matt mott free. and he was flying, anderson, from lehigh valley airport, which is in northeastern pennsylvania on a flight to orlando. according to the fbi, he checked a bag and in the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found they found powder. that was in a plastic wrap. they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so, the question is, what was he doing with this? the airport tried to page him. while he was still at the airport he left.
checked luggage early in the day. cnn s evan perez has details. according to the fbi, he checked the bag and in the process, the routine screening that was happening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, this is what they found, they found powder that was in plastic wrap, they found fuses. the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks. and so, the question is what was he doing with this? the airport try to page him while he was still at the airport. he left, and he was later arrested later that evening on monday by the fbi. now, the court documents that were released today by the u.s. attorney in philadelphia don t mention any indication of extremism or his ties to terrorist groups or anything like that. this is something obviously the
he allegedly tried to bring explosives on a flight to florida. authorities say that the man was arrested at his home monday night after his luggage triggered an alarm at a checkpoint earlier in the day. he was seen leaving the airport after he had been paged by security. a section of the airport was temporarily evacuated as a precaution. more now from evan perez. reporter: corraccording to t fbi, he checked the bag and in the routine screening by the tsa, they found explosives in this checked bag. according to the fbi, they found powder that was in a plastic wrap, they found fuses, the powder appears to be from commercial grade fireworks, and so the question is, you know, what was he doing with this.