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According to an airport spokesperson, a man set to board the plane was stopped at a security checkpoint Tuesday morning because he was carrying an MP3 player that was wrapped in tape and batteries and connected with wires to another electronic device.

Although the MP3 player was cleared, United Airlines requested the plane be swept by security workers and search dogs.

The security sweep started about 12:30 p.m. and ended around 2:00 p.m. Nothing was found. But the plane was still on the ground as of 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, leaving the 60 passengers waiting on the plane for more than 5 hours.

Airport officials said the MP3 player was not the only warning signal for the passenger. There were also other suspicious devices in the man’s luggage, and he had booked 3 one-way tickets from Dallas to San Antonio and then to Washington, D.C.

“So from going to Dallas to San Antonio, staying one hour and turning right around and going to DC, then some other items in his baggage that we can’t go into. All of those red flags is why law enforcement wanted to have a long conversation with him,” said San Antonio International Airport Spokesperson David Herbert.

The man’s name has not been released. He is being detained at the airport and questioned by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers.

TSA officials became suspicious of a device with wires during a check about 11:15 a.m., airport spokesman David Hebert said. The device turned out to be a re-assembled MP3 player, Hebert said. A further check of the passenger brought up information TSA officials wanted to look into further, which delayed the flight, he said.

Passengers on the original plane were forced to disembark while authorities searched the airplane. After the man was cleared by the FBI and TSA, the passengers were placed on another plane and are scheduled to leave about 5:30 p.m.

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