August 23, 2006
F-16s Divert Flight, 12 Detained
Could be nothing. Could be something. 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.NY Times:"The 12 people that have been arrested were passengers," a spokesman said. "They will be interrogated in the coming hours by police investigators".
Twenty minutes into the flight, when the plane was over Germany, the pilot requested permission to return to Amsterdam and asked for a military escort. The Royal Netherlands Air Force sent two F-16 fighter jets to meet the plane.Walid Phares notes:
All twelve were using their cell phones after the plane took off. You never see an entire group of passengers engage in such flagrantly illegal behavior.Indeed. I will also add this by way of anecdote: I just banned an Islamist terror supporter two days ago. His IP resolves to Amsterdam.
UPDATE: Goldstein says he has a friend who is an Air Marshal. Might be interesting if he is able to comment on it.
An American woman aboard the Northwest Airlines jet says she saw officers handcuff and remove several men who looked to be South Asian.South Asian generally indicates Indians or Pakistanis.
By Dr. Rusty Shackleford at August 23, 2006 01:16 PM | | l digg this
