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| Police board plane in Newark, detain 5 |
| 2006-05-06 |
| Nothing more on this yet; waiting to hear whether arrestees are named Mohammed, or just had too much to drink ... Saturday, May 6, 2006; Posted: 5:08 p.m. EDT (21:08 GMT) NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- Authorities boarded an American Airlines plane Saturday and detained five men after it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport, according to a spokesman for the airport's operator. The plane was bound from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport when an air marshal notified authorities of five men he considered suspicious, according to Marc LaVorgna, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. They had no weapons, said Tim Smith, an airline spokesman. Port Authority police took the five men into custody immediately after the plane landed at 3:20 p.m., LaVorgna said. LaVorgna did not have more details on why the men were considered suspicious. The five men remained in custody at the airport Saturday evening. The FBI had been notified and was expected to take over the investigation, LaVorgna said. The plane was carrying 121 passengers and five crew members, Smith said. All other passengers had been released. |
| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #11 After seeing the 14 Syrian musician incident report deemed, "Classified", I'm not so quick to dismiss this. We were told in the musician incident that they also were "innocuous" and were released. Is it possible that these 5 guys are the diversion, (identifying air marshalls and passengers that will fight back) in order to prepare for the next attack? Things will be different next time. |
| Posted by: milford421 2006-05-06 22:37 |
| #10 keep an eye on the Jooooo - we know how they are in hijacking..... oh, wait, my bad |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-06 20:31 |
| #9 UPDATE (at the same link) The FBI has released all 5 as "not a threat." One was Israeli, the others Angolan. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-05-06 20:16 |
| #8 a little too clean-shaven? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-05-06 19:52 |
| #7 I think I heard one of the them was named something like "Kennedy." |
| Posted by: Jackal 2006-05-06 19:29 |
| #6 Nothing but a band having a joke at the other passengers' expense. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2006-05-06 19:14 |
| #5 Or MO? |
| Posted by: TMH 2006-05-06 19:04 |
| #4 Any body named Al? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2006-05-06 19:01 |
| #3 Middle Eastern flight students? |
| Posted by: ed 2006-05-06 18:50 |
| #2 TV news said it was a flight attendant who saw a couple of muzzies reading flight manuals. All have been released, which American Airlines described as a "no threat" situation. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2006-05-06 18:35 |
| #1 This might go into the blackhole of secrecy. It isn't the first such incident. |
| Posted by: Captain America 2006-05-06 17:56 |