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2006-08-23 Europe
US plane bound for India turned back to Amsterdam, escorted by fighters
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Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 08:39|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07]  Top

#1 Someone complained to the wrong Flight Attendant.
Posted by mcsegeek1 2006-08-23 10:21||   2006-08-23 10:21|| Front Page Top

#2 BTW Mombai used to be known as Bombay.
Posted by tipper 2006-08-23 11:06||   2006-08-23 11:06|| Front Page Top

#3 Of all the airports I have gone through in my career, Amsterdam's customs were the toughest. The last time I was there, last year, they questioned me for 20 minutes. As much as I hate standing there answering questions they did a good job.
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-08-23 11:21||   2006-08-23 11:21|| Front Page Top

#4 "Ahhh yes Mr. Pan, and what business is it you have at Gaca Rosso, Danny's, and De Bananenbar."
Posted by Besoeker 2006-08-23 11:25||   2006-08-23 11:25|| Front Page Top

#5 More from AP:

Dutch F-16s escorted a Northwest Airlines flight bound for India back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on Wednesday after the crew reported some passengers were behaving suspiciously. The Dutch Defense Ministry and airport authorities said the pilot radioed for permission to return and asked for an escort of jet fighters. Several passengers were taken off the plane for questioning after it landed safely. Others were questioned at the gate.

Routine security measures were swiftly put into place.

The plane was carrying 149 passengers, when it turned around after crossing the German border. Customs police spokesman Rick Hirs said shortly after the plane landed that no one was immediately arrested. The flight was canceled until Thursday, and the passengers were put up in hotels, Northwest said.

Wednesday's security alert was the first at Amsterdam's international airport since September, when a British Airways flight returned in similar circumstances. It turned out to be a false alarm.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 12:16||   2006-08-23 12:16|| Front Page Top

#6 BWAAA!
Posted by 49 Pan">49 Pan  2006-08-23 12:46||   2006-08-23 12:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Press now reporting that 12 were arrested.
Posted by 11A5S 2006-08-23 13:04||   2006-08-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

#8 Not twelve random people, though. link

A U.S. passenger named Alpa, who did not wish to use her last name, told AP television reporters she had seen police handcuff and remove around 11 men of south Asian appeareance from the plane before other passengers. She said she didn't see what happened but heard from other passengers the men had aroused suspicion by getting out their mobile phones.
Posted by trailing wife 2006-08-23 13:56||   2006-08-23 13:56|| Front Page Top

#9 AMSTERDAM, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Dutch police confirmed the arrests of 12 passengers on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India which was forced to turn back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday. "The 12 people that have been arrested were passengers," a spokesman said. "They will be interrogated in the coming hours by police investigators".

Asked whether a suspected terrorist attack could be ruled out, the spokesman said: "We don't want to get ahead of ourselves".
Posted by Steve 2006-08-23 13:56||   2006-08-23 13:56|| Front Page Top

#10 Related story on Drudge relates how passengers 'mutinied' until 2 muslim students were removed from the plane. don't get excited, they were tossed while still at the gate.
Posted by USN, ret. 2006-08-23 13:57||   2006-08-23 13:57|| Front Page Top

#11 [mooselimb logic] Our shaheeds will continue to blast your planes out of the skies until you stop humiliating them by kicking them off you flights. [mooselimb logic]
Posted by 11A5S 2006-08-23 14:04||   2006-08-23 14:04|| Front Page Top

#12 USN, those two on the Malaga -> Manchester flight say they were "having a bit of fun".

"We were then asked to get off the plane and go back to the airport where they did a full security check."

It was then, he said, that his wife Susanne began talking to another passenger who said she had sat next to the two men.

"She said she had heard them saying it was the last 30 minutes of their lives," said Mr Wearden.

"It may well be that the two simply thought they were being funny, but it perhaps better explains the passenger reaction


And a bit of common sense:

He denied this reaction had been racist. "You hear about people making jokes about these things in airports and being arrested and told it is not a joking matter in the current climate. Well this was another case of that."

At the time, he said, he had felt annoyed as he had wanted to "get home and sleep".

"I felt that if people are going to muck around like that they should be the ones that are inconvenienced," he said.
Posted by lotp 2006-08-23 14:51||   2006-08-23 14:51|| Front Page Top

#13 USN, those two on the Malaga -> Manchester flight say they were "having a bit of fun".

People who are "having a bit of fun" of that sort should be treated to a complimentary deep cavity search (lube optional) prior to release by security.
Posted by Zenster 2006-08-23 17:40||   2006-08-23 17:40|| Front Page Top

#14 "She said she had heard them saying it was the last 30 minutes of their lives," said Mr Wearden

The previous story of onboard mutiny reminded me of older incidents, noted in Rb or elsewhere, of muslim passengers having fun at the expense of kufrs by acting suspiciously or "playing terrorist" (which in itself is a form of terrorism, to me)... seems this might be the case here too. What a great insight into the Moderate Muslim psyche!
Posted by anonymous5089 2006-08-23 18:18||   2006-08-23 18:18|| Front Page Top

#15 "playing terrorist" (which in itself is a form of terrorism, to me)...

You got it 5089, there's also an instinctive need for muzzie males to play dress-up.
Posted by 6 2006-08-23 18:47||   2006-08-23 18:47|| Front Page Top

#16 More "profiling" from passengers & flight crew. These turn-arounds got to be costing a lot of money. I wonder when the airlines themselves will refuse to haul anyone looking and acting like a Muzzie ? Just common sense and economic survival. And no, we don't give a rat's ass if it upsets the umma.
Posted by SOP35/Rat 2006-08-23 20:12||   2006-08-23 20:12|| Front Page Top

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