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An American Airlines flight carrying 146 passengers to Dallas was grounded in Salt Lake City after a situation involving suspicious acts by a passenger Thursday afternoon. No one was injured in the incident.
About 1:30 p.m., the MD-83 jet landed at Salt Lake City International Airport on its way from Portland, Ore., to Dallas, said airport spokeswoman Barbara Gann.
Gann said a male passenger on Flight 1476 "was behaving strangely and displayed suspicious behavior."
He wouldn't comply with requests from the flight crew while on the jet, so it landed and only the unruly passenger and witnesses sitting in seats nearby or those "who were directly involved" were taken off the plane and questioned by the FBI and airport police.
At 4:30 p.m., all passengers, including the person in question, were released and left on a plane bound for Dallas.
FBI spokesperson Debbie Dujanovic Bertram said after investigators interviewed the passenger, they determined he didn't disobey any laws.
"It was based on a decision made by the flight crew," Bertram said, explaining why the individual was detained and an emergency landing made.
"However, we didn't find the individual did anything wrong," Bertram said.