Flight Diverted Over Passenger ID Theft

Khephra

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Sun Dec-26-04 09:27 PM
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Flight Diverted Over Passenger ID Theft

0 KEY WEST, Fla. -- An airline passenger whose identity was apparently stolen by someone on a federal no-fly list was briefly detained Sunday, before his fingerprints cleared him, the FBI said.

The Delta Air Lines flight from Colombia was diverted to Naval Air Station Key West, and the passenger and his luggage were removed from the plane before it continued to its original destination of Atlanta.

After fingerprinting the passenger, immigration officials and FBI agents released him, said FBI spokeswoman Judy Orihuela.

"His name is on the list because somebody who is on the list stole his identity," Orihuela said.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/sns-ap-brf-plane-diverted,0,6785227.story?coll=sns-ap-nation-headlines

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aikido15

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Sun Dec-26-04 09:31 PM
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1. Ah, the old indentity theft...

I never thought of that as a way around no-fly lists. A lot of terrorists probably didn't either until they read it in Newsday...:eyes:

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Stinky The Clown

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Sun Dec-26-04 11:18 PM
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2. Was the guy stranded in Key West (not that it would be so horrible)

or did someone pay for him to get to his destination?

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Mon Dec-27-04 12:31 AM
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3. That's what I wondered

when they said they "released" him.

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