TOKYO — A San Francisco-bound United Airlines flight returned safely to Tokyo early today after a passenger brandished an inflated airsickness bag that he said contained a bomb, officials said. Authorities described the incident as a prank and said there were no injuries.
Narita airport police took into custody Hiromu Kato, 48, a Japanese passenger from Osaka.
Police sources said Kato, one of the 296 passengers on board United Flight 58, had inflated a plastic airsickness bag two hours into the flight and threatened a cabin attendant.
