In brief: Denver flight delayed by threat

DENVER – Police say a man who just missed his flight out Denver got angry and claimed there was a bomb in his luggage, which was already aboard.

Police say a search of the plane turned up no explosives, and the flight took off an hour late for its destination, Salt Lake City.

The incident occurred Saturday. Officials say the SkyWest Airlines flight, carrying 54 passengers and crew, was on the ground when the alleged threat was made.

Forty-nine-year-old Sergei Berejnoi of Sandy, Utah, was arrested on suspicion of endangering public transportation.

Police say he was taken to the Denver jail. Jail officials say they have no record of him. No phone number for Berejnoi could be located.

Shuttle cleared for launch again

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – After a two-day delay, NASA’s countdown clocks began ticking Sunday toward the final launch of space shuttle Discovery.

A pair of gas leaks resulted in back-to-back launch postponements for Discovery. NASA test director Steve Payne said repairs took care of the problem and enabled the launch team to aim for a Wednesday liftoff.

Forecasters put the odds of good weather at 70 percent for the 3:52 p.m. liftoff.

Discovery is making its last trip to orbit. Its destination is the International Space Station. Aboard the shuttle is a pressurized compartment full of supplies – even a futuristic robot – that will remain permanently at the station.

The mission will last 11 days and feature two spacewalks.

Plane with man, three sons remains missing

LANDER, Wyo. – Searchers found no sign on Sunday of a single-engine plane believed missing in the northwest Wyoming mountains with a Minneapolis man and three of his sons aboard.

The Mooney M20J took off from the Jackson airport in a snowstorm on Oct. 25 and disappeared from radar about an hour later. The plane was bound for Riverton, Wyo., and then Minneapolis.

The pilot was Luke Bucklin, 40. His 14-year-old twins Nate and Nick and 12-year-old Noah were also aboard.

The search is centered on nine square miles of rugged terrain east of Gannett Peak, the highest in Wyoming at just over 13,800 feet. Crews have been searching in an area of steep canyons.

A search plane detected a signal on Thursday that officials thought was coming from the missing plane’s emergency locater.

Jason Aanestad, the search operations chief, said Sunday the Civil Air Patrol would try to re-evaluate the signal.