Transatlantic Flight Turned Back to London Over Security Alert A US-bound plane carrying 240 passengers was turned around mid-flight for security reasons.
The American Airlines flight 109 left for Boston on Monday [ 7 August], but two hours into the flight the pilot turned back to Heathrow. It landed back at the west London airport at about 1530 BST where it was met by police officers. Scotland Yard said four people were being "spoken to" at Heathrow, but no-one had been arrested. 'Security issue' A spokesman said they were being spoken to under port and border controls -- a section of the Terrorism Act under which a person can be questioned and detained for up to nine hours. There were 240 passengers and 13 crew members on board the Boeing 777 aircraft, which was due to touch down in Boston's Logan International Airport at 1805 BST. In a statement, American Airlines said the plane returned to Heathrow "due to a security issue that needed to be resolved in London". It added: "American Airlines has cancelled the flight and is working to rebook passengers on alternative flights to Boston. "American Airlines regrets the inconvenience caused to its customers." http://news.bbc.co.uk [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
