Suspect freed in plane bomb alert probe

Swedish police evacuated 273 people from a Pakistan International Airlines jet diverted to Stockholm due to a bomb alert today and briefly detained a passenger on suspicion of preparing aircraft sabotage.

Sat, 25 Sep, 2010 - 18:32

However, no explosives were found on the man, who was released after questioning by police, or on the Boeing 777.

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