http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14477489/

Quote :

"AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - Police have detained 12 passengers from a Northwest Airlines flight to India that returned to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport on Wednesday, Dutch NOS television reported. Northwest Flight NW0042 was escorted back by two F-16s after crew members reported several passengers were acting suspiciously, the Defense Ministry said earlier. Several passengers on Northwest Airlines Flight NW0042 to Bombay were taken off the plane for questioning after it landed safely, airport spokeswoman Pamela Kuypers said. Others were questioned at the gate."

Just developing...any thoughts?

8/23/2006 1:18:33 PM

I have one: That's not a hell of a lot of information.

8/23/2006 1:19:34 PM

lol, No shit man...you know news casters.

"We have a big story...it is exclusive...there is major news...ok we'll get back to that in a bit, now for more pictures of squirrels on motorcycles"

8/23/2006 1:21:15 PM

apparently the 12 arrested were using cell phones and passing them around amongst each other

8/23/2006 2:11:32 PM

Sounds more like a false alarm again, huh?

8/23/2006 2:14:49 PM

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/15342481.htm

Quote :

"An American passenger, who identified herself only as Alpa, told AP Television News that she saw about a dozen people taken off the aircraft in handcuffs who appeared to be of South Asian origin. A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitive nature of the subject, said that crew members and air marshals observed the passengers attempting to use cell phones and passing cell phones among themselves while the airliner was taking off. "It was behavior that average passengers wouldn't do," the official said. "

8/23/2006 2:22:09 PM

Don't they tell you a couple times to cut off the cell phones during take off?

I guess it would look a bit suspicious, but I bet they just didn't bother to heed that advice.

8/23/2006 2:25:04 PM

maybe they were playing multiplayer tetris on their phones and had to pass the phone from one player to the next

8/23/2006 2:30:29 PM

so for these people, who are actually doing suspicious activity, they handcuff them and let them continue on their flight. but the man who was praying was removed from his flight. yep, that makes sense.

8/23/2006 2:32:02 PM

OMF HE SHOULDA UNDERSTOOD

ISLAM IS ILLEGAL ON AN AIRPLANE

BEING ASIAN IS NOT

SIMPLE DIFFERENCE

8/23/2006 2:37:17 PM

Did you miss where the flight returned to the airport escorted by fighter planes?

[Edited on August 23, 2006 at 2:47 PM. Reason : .]

8/23/2006 2:46:49 PM

^^^I thought the praying guy's flight hadn't even taken off yet. Maybe I'm wrong. What would you want them to do? Just go ahead and put him on the plane in cuffs? This is a silly comparison if initial reports are true anyway. In this case they were already in the air and decided to turn the plane around and inconvenience all the passengers.

8/23/2006 2:47:30 PM

That was the classic "make a stupid comment before brainwork" post that some people around here are known for.

What did you think they did to the muslim...toss him out of the plane mid flight?

8/23/2006 2:50:37 PM