Possible Anthrax Couriers Found–Jets on the Ground

Two incoming Northwest Airlines flights were detained by FAA officials in Seattle and San Francisco on suspicion that they could be carrying couriers with anthrax.

Two men on Northwest Flight 8 from Tokyo to Seattle were detained and then released.

Northwest Flight 28, also from Tokyo, was being held on the ground at San Francisco airport, pending inspection of baggage by FBI and Customs agents.

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