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'Security concern' grounds Chicago-Brussels flight

12:48 09/09/2013

A United Airlines plane en route to Brussels with more than 200 passengers returned to Chicago’s O'Hare international airport Friday because of a "suspected security concern," writes the Chicago Tribune’s Naomi Nix. United Flight 972 was scheduled to depart from O'Hare around  6p.m Friday and arrive in Brussels around 9am. The flight landed in Chicago at 22.07, where it was met by law enforcement, the airline said. There were 228 passengers on board. "We are accommodating passengers on an alternate flight to Brussels," the airline said. FBI spokeswoman Joan Hyde said her agency responded to the diverted flight, but no arrests were made.

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