A funny thing happened on the way to Bogotá...

With apologies to Stephen Sondheim for title of this post, passengers of one Bogota-bound flight suffered quite the scare on Friday:

"Continental Airlines Flight 881 from Newark International Airport to Bogota International Airport was diverted to Jacksonville International Airport due to a potential person of interest. The plane landed without incident at approximately 5:45 p.m.," the TSA said in a statement.

"The passenger was cleared by the FBI and the flight is continuing to Bogota," the TSA added.

According to a local New York news station the “person of interest” matched the name of someone on the “No Fly list” but his date of birth was different.

Happy travels everyone!

Image- news.com.au
Online Sources- Wikipedia, Reuters, NBC New York