No Known Connection With Boston Marathon Bombing

A day after the tragic bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, two people and their luggage were removed from a United Airlines flight at Boston Logan International Airport, according to sources familiar with the situation.

Authorities did not say that the move was in any way connected to the bombing, but also did not give a reason why the two were taken off the plane. One source, who requested anonymity, told Reuters that "I can tell you that two passengers and their bags were removed from the flight."

The plane was scheduled to depart Boston at 6:04 am Tuesday en route to Chicago's O'Hare International. It was delayed about three hours while it was swept and then allowed to depart without the two passengers on board. The crew requested that all of the passengers and their luggage be re-screened before the flight departed.

Another flight arriving at Boston, this one operated by U.S. Airways, was taxied to a remote part of the airport while a suspicious bag was examined. The passengers were bused to the terminal, and it turned out that the bag was harmless.

In New York, a suspicious package was found at LaGuardia International Airport, causing an evacuation of the central terminal there. That package turned out to be "part of a light fixture," according to Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.

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