FBI: No arrest for passenger pulled from plane

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SEATTLE (AP) — Military jets scrambled to escort an Alaska Airlines flight into Seattle and authorities took a passenger off the plane Thursday night, after a caller told the FBI that a possible hijacker was aboard, officials said.

FBI agents interviewed but did not arrest the passenger aboard the flight from Kona, Hawaii.

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