Man arrested after flight scare

A man has been arrested and charged in Alaska after he threatened to kill a passenger on a jumbo jet carrying 351 people.

Man arrested after flight scare

A man has been arrested and charged in Alaska after he threatened to kill a passenger on a jumbo jet carrying 351 people.

The Northwest airline jet was travelling form Minneapolis to Tokyo but was diverted to Anchorage when 42-year old Matthew Leggett claimed he was a terrorist.

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