By KERA News & Wire Services
Fort Worth – The FBI says initial indications are that an unruly passenger who prompted a Southwest Airlines flight to make an emergency landing had no terroristic intent.
FBI Special Agent Mark White in Dallas said the bureau's investigation will continue, but that no threat was found on the U.S. citizen.
Amarillo Aviation Director Patrick Rhodes says the man became unruly and confronted the cabin crew.
Southwest Airlines spokesman Brad Hawkins said the flight crew of Flight 3683 from Los Angeles to Kansas City decided on an unscheduled landing about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in Amarillo as a precaution. He said the passenger was turned over to federal authorities for questioning.
Hawkins said none of the 136 passengers and five crew members was injured and the aircraft took off after a security sweep.
Mosquito-spraying trucks will roll in southeast Dallas Thursday night.
This year's FIRST West Nile-positive mosquito pool has emerged at the end of the traditional season for the mosquito borne virus.
Weather permitting, trucks will spray the neighborhoods bounded by I-20, Garden Grove Drive, Belt Line, and Lawson Road starting at 10pm Thursday.
Tarrant and Collin counties both report NO incidence of West Nile.
The drought hampered mosquito breeding for most of the summer, when the West Nile season usually peaks. It ends in the fall.
Solar Power Draws Crowd To Dallas
Solar Power is the hot topic at the Dallas Convention Center this week.
Convention and Visitors Bureau President Phillip Jones says it's the biggest Dallas convention of the year: 25 thousand people from 125 countries.
Jones says this is the first year Solar Power International has met outside of California. And he says it's a big boost for Dallas.
Jones: I mean when you see the impact of 25 thousand people in your city, all the hotels not only in downtown but throughout the city of Dallas are full. Our restaurants are full. Our venues are full. Special events are taking place around the city. And the economic impact of this event alone will be somewhere around 80 million dollars.
Last year, Dallas hosted the American Wind Energy conference. Jones says Texas is a leading producer of wind energy and has a growing solar industry. He says that should help Dallas land these two big conventions again in the next two to three years.
Gulf Coast researcher claims censorship on report
A Rice University oceanographer says the state's environmental agency will only publish his research article on a Texas bay if he agrees to delete key references to rising sea levels and human involvement in climate change.
Professor John Anderson has declined edits by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, calling them censorship of his report on Galveston Bay.
The agency says it won't publish Anderson's chapter, part of a larger "State of the Bay" report by the Houston Advanced Research Center. An agency spokeswoman told the Houston Chronicle the TCEQ disagreed with portions of Anderson's work.
Anderson says it is solid scientifically. He accuses the state of making changes for political reasons.
Now researchers who wrote most of the report want their names removed if Anderson's work is omitted.