The American Airlines passenger who was shot and wounded on Wednesday by an air marshal at Miami International Airport, Florida, has died.

The Cable News Network (CNN) quoted law enforcement sources as saying that the passenger, who claimed to have a bomb in his carry- on bag and was wounded by the air marshal, was dead.

A Homeland Security official in Washington later confirmed that the passenger, a 44-year-old US citizen, was dead.

The passenger was ordered to stop by the air marshal, and was shot and wounded when he tried to run away on the jetway linking the plane to the terminal at the airport, news reports said.

The incident took place shortly after the plane, American Airlines Flight 924, arrived from the Colombian city of Medellin, and was headed on to Orlando.

Source: Xinhua