WASHINGTON - A male passenger was detained in Houston Friday when "explosive residue" was detected on his clothes after he disembarked from a Continental Airlines flight from Buenos Aires, US officials said.
The flight continued on to Newark Airport, New Jersey, without the passenger, or his baggage, but authorities decided to order a precautionary security sweep of the aircraft when it landed.
"He was going through the customs area when they detected some explosive residue," Transportation Security Administration (TSA) spokeswoman Andrea McCauley told AFP.
"That individual is now being held by the FBI," she said, adding that explosives sniffing dogs had been brought in to check the passenger's baggage.
No details were available of the man's identity or nationality.
08/25/2006 19:15 GMT