Suspicious behaviour turns passenger jet around - TravelMole


Suspicious behaviour turns passenger jet around

Saturday, 24 Aug, 2006 0

Dutch police have arrested 12 passengers behaving suspiciously on a Northwest Airlines ircraft bound for India that was forced to turn back to Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport.

Police arrested 12 of the 149 passengers on flight 42 to Mumbai, which turned back to Amsterdam due to security concerns after the crew reported suspicious behaviour, officials said.

Two Dutch fighter jets accompanied the plane back to Schiphol.

“They will be interrogated in the coming hours by police investigators,” a police spokesman said.

Asked whether a suspected terrorist plot could be ruled out, he said: “We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves”.

Dutch media cited eyewitnesses saying those arrested were not following airline security rules and were exchanging mobile phones which had made other passengers uneasy.

Dutch airport officials said the Northwest pilot decided to turn back his 273-seat DC10-30 when it was in German airspace.

A Northwest spokeswoman said the passengers who were allowed to go free were staying in local hotels, adding Northwest would try the flight to Mumbai again tomorrow.



 

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