NY bomb suspect arrested on plane

THE Times Square bomber was arrested at the last minute as his flight out of America taxied to the runway, police have revealed.

Pakistan-born US citizen Faisal Shahzad had booked his seat on the Dubai-bound plane as he travelled to New York’s Kennedy Airport and paid in cash.

Yesterday as he waited to make his first appearance in court he told investigators he was acting alone when he parked a makeshift car bomb in the heart of a packed Manhattan on Saturday evening.

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