Reply #39: Remember the plane to Boston from Heathrow turned back on [View All]

Tuesday because a passenger was on the no-fly list? But he was released after questioning and was "of no interest to counterterrorist officers."

Probably just a coincidence, though, right?

Banned Kurd on flight sent back by US agents
By Stewart Tendler

A FLIGHT to the United States was ordered to turn back over the Atlantic by American security agents because a Kurdish passenger was named on a no-fly list, US officials said yesterday.

After the American Airlines flight touched down at Heathrow, the man, his mother and his two sisters were questioned by Special Branch officers then released without charge.

Yesterday, as American Airlines completed arrangements for the other 236 passengers to reach the United States, police said that the man was not wanted in Britain and of “no interest” to counterterrorist officers.

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Yesterday neither the airline nor the transport authority would discuss the reasons behind the decision.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2304802,00.html