Man with Lebanese Passport Creates Commotion in Miami Airport

A man carrying multiple passports, including one from Lebanon, was arrested after he bolted from security screeners at Miami International Airport, jumped from a second floor concourse and broke his arm and ribs, authorities said.

Transportation and Security Administration officials became suspicious of Faid Beydoun as he stood in a security line Monday, waiting to board a Los Angeles-bound flight. When Beydoun”s travel documents also raised concerns, agents asked him to step out of line for a secondary screening.

 

Beydoun then ran from security screeners, jumped 7.5 meters off the second floor concourse and broke his arm and ribs, The Miami Herald reported.

 

The man was charged with disorderly conduct and resisting arrest without violence, according to a statement. They did not identify him, but Miami-Dade County Corrections Department spokeswoman Janelle Hall said Beydoun was arrested for the same charges Monday, as well as loitering and prowling.

 

Investigators told the newspaper Beydoun had a Lebanese passport and a fraudulent U.S. passport.

Beydoun, 42, was being held in the hospital ward of the Miami-Dade jail at Jackson Memorial Hospital, Hall said. Beydoun did not have an attorney listed.

 

Two other men, also headed to Los Angeles, were taken off a later flight that was still on the tarmac. The two men, one of whom was from Bahrain, told investigators they had paid for Beydoun”s plane ticket and that he was a party promoter who knows the best U.S. night spots. No weapons or dangerous material were found with any of the men.