Obama Monitoring Delta Flight Firecracker Situation

Reuters
Friday, December 25, 2009

KAILUA, Hawaii, Dec 25 (Reuters) – U.S, President Barack
Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was “actively
monitoring” the situation with a Delta flight on which a man
reportedly set off firecrackers, the White House said on Friday.

A man reportedly set off firecrackers on Delta Flight 253 that was carrying 278 passengers to Detroit from Amsterdam.

“The president was notified of the incident this morning
between 9:00 and 9:30 Hawaii time by the president’s military
aide,” White House spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement.

Obama spoke by conference call with national security advisers and
then he “instructed that all appropriate measures be taken to
increase security for air travel,” Burton said.

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