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Federal agents arrested a Pennsylvania man Monday who allegedly tried to pack explosives in his suitcase on a flight to Florida.
According to court documents, an alarm alerted that luggage belonging to Mark Muffley contained explosives.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents called Muffley over the airport intercom system and asked him to report to the airport security desk, prosecutors say, but he did not respond. presented.
Shortly thereafter, security cameras reportedly caught the suspect leaving Lehigh Valley International Airport.
Muffley had checked his luggage onto Flight 201 bound for Sanford International Airport, according to court documents.
Pilot thought the instructor who died on the flight was "faking" it.
The FBI contacted the Carbon County chief of detectives, who said he knew Muffley personally, according to court documents, and confirmed that the man's address matched the address on his driver's license.
"The FBI arrested Mark Muffley, 40, without incident at his Lansford, Pennsylvania, residence Monday night," an FBI spokesperson said in a statement to CNN.
Muffley is still in custody and will make his first court appearance on Thursday, the FBI spokesman said.
CNN has reached out to Allegiant Air and Lehigh Valley International Airport for comment.
"Transportation security agents are highly trained and highly-skilled professionals on the front lines of aviation security and captures like this illustrate the point," the TSA said in a statement to CNN.
According to the complaint, an alarm alerted Muffley's luggage to TSA agents while they were inspecting it.
Agents inspected the luggage and found a "circular compound approximately three inches (7 cm) in diameter, wrapped in wax-like paper and clear plastic wrap concealed in the lining of the luggage, among other items," the agents say. court documents.
A bomb security technician X-rayed the bag, investigators say, and found it contained a powder hidden in the plastic wrap consistent with "commercial-grade fireworks."
Investigators also say a fuse was placed in the circular compound.
“The baggage also contained a butane canister, a lighter, a pipe with white powder residue, a cordless drill with cordless batteries, and two GFCI outlets taped together with black tape,” the complaint states.