ANOTHER Nigerian has been arrested after barricading himself in the toilet aboard a plane with the same flight number as the one attacked by his compatriot, Umar Farouk Mutallab, on Christmas Day.

The 30-year-old man, whose name was unknown at press time on Sunday, was said to have boarded the plane in Lagos with no luggage. Airline crew said on the Amsterdam to Detroit leg of Northwest Airlines flight 253 that he became verbally disruptive. The man was said to have locked himself in the toilet for over an hour.

Staff told the authorities and on touchdown the man was arrested by FBI agents who were wait-ing on the runway. The unruly passenger did not appear to be a threat, according to US authorities who said no device was said to have been found on or with the passenger.

A US law enforcement officer who spoke anonymously said the man was a businessman who became ill during the flight. All 257 passengers and 11 crew left the plane safely. Airport spokesman, Scott Wintner, said it was the same flight on which Mutallab tried to set off an explosive on Christmas Day.

“The pilot requested emergency assistance upon arrival,” he said. Security and airline personnel are on edge since the attempted terror attack on Christmas Day, and the law enforcement officials said that lesser incidents had been reported on other flights arriving in Detroit, but the incident with Mutallab had sparked the most concern.

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