WELCOME TO DETROIT - AT 3:43 A.M. ET:  Another example of the sheer quality and skill of our dauntless airline security:

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Delta Airlines official says a passenger aboard a plane at Detroit Metropolitan Airport set off firecrackers aboard the plane, causing a commotion and some minor injuries.

Delta spokeswoman Susan Elliott says Delta Flight 253, an Airbus 330 carrying 278 passengers, was arriving in Detroit from Amsterdam when the incident took place Friday afternoon.

Elliott says the passenger was immediately subdued. She had no details on injuries.

COMMENT:  Look, it's Detroit, so it was only normal background noise.  But the fact is that a passenger got on board with explosives.  Had it been C4, the plane could have been blown to bits over the Atlantic, and sunk in the ocean.

December 25, 2009