BA Flight Held in Washington
Charles Johnson
Thu Jan 1, 2004 at 9:06 am PST • Views: 209
Happy new year! Looks like the jihadis weren’t able to pull anything off yesterday; but the government was certainly very nervous about something: Agents Detain British Airways Jet at Washington Airport.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. security officials detained a British Airways Boeing 747 on arrival at a Washington, D.C., airport on Wednesday night and spent several hours questioning passengers, airline and security officials said.FBI and Transportation Security Administration agents conducted “routine” questioning of passengers aboard BA Flight 223 from London when it arrived at Dulles International Airport and no arrests were made, an FBI spokeswoman said.
“There are a number of passengers on that British Airways flight that law enforcement officials wanted to speak with,” said the spokeswoman who asked not to be named.
Homeland Security Department spokeswoman Rachael Sunbarger told Reuters the flight had been detained on the tarmac for screening. She gave no further details.
The article does not say whether any of the passengers were detained.
Frank says: