10 February 2012, 16:36 (GMT+04:00)

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Passenger sets off firework on airline flight Eds

An international airline passenger set off a firework near the end of a flight on Friday.

The incident occurred near the end of a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit carrying 278 passenger, a spokeswoman for Northwest's parent company Delta Air Lines told CNN.

Two people were injured and one person was being treated in hospital. The passenger who set off the firecracker was subdued and the pilot was able to land safely.

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