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Small knife prompts emptying of plane

By the CNN Wire Staff
updated 11:24 AM EDT, Wed October 19, 2011
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
  • More than 220 people were rescreened
  • A small knife found by flight attendant forced pilots to return to the gate

(CNN) -- A small knife found by a flight attendant forced the 221 people on an American Airlines flight out of Miami to be rescreened Wednesday, a law enforcement official told CNN.

Flight 905 had not yet taken off when pilots decided to return the plane back to the gate.

Local and federal authorities are investigating the incident.

CNN's Devon Sayers and Mike Ahlers contributed to this report.

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