AUTHORITIES ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE THE IDENTITY AND MOTIVES OF A MAN ...

World | December 24, 2001, Monday // 00:00

Authorities are trying to determine the identity and motives of a man overpowered aboard an American Airlines flight, a day after the plane was diverted to Boston's Logan International Airport. Passengers and crewmembers subdued the man December 22 on the Paris - Miami flight when he allegedly tried to set his shoes on fire, in an attempt to ignite explosives. The man is a British citizen, according to a New Scotland Yard spokesman.

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