Posted on 08/23/2006 3:46:44 AM PDT by HAL9000
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) -- An airport spokeswoman says Dutch F-16s have escorted a Northwest Airlines flight back to Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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A plane of Northwest renewed with Schiphol after an alarm
Che Hague - a plane of the company Northwest Airlines was renewed Wednesday at the end of the morning towards the airport of Amsterdam-Schiphol by two F-16 of the Air Force Dutchwoman after an alarm, announced the agency Dutchwoman ANP.
A certain number of passengers were heard by the gendarmerie in middle of day, specified ANP.
The gendarmerie of Schiphol was not immediately reachable to confirm this information.
The national Coordinator antiterrorism (NCTb) stated however that there was at the present time no reason to record the level of alarm in the country, according to ANP.
Thanks...I heard this on Fox. They reported several people had been detained.
Great translation. It's all very clear to me now.
FoxNews just reported the same, but gave no further details either.
Oh my God, anything but that.
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That is a relief!
I'm glad the Dutch got a chance to use their F-16s.
My daughter is flying back from Paris today, via Fracnkfurt.
I just want her home.
No doubt christian radical youths trying to steel the jet to fly into Mecca.
I'd think it's what the gendarmerie heard them saying, was the problem.
Merci, Hercule.
Amerikaans toestel naar Schiphol teruggekeerd
SCHIPHOL (ANP-AFX) - Een passagiersvliegtuig van Northwest Airlines is woensdag aan het eind van de ochtend onder begeleiding van twee F16’s teruggekeerd naar Schiphol. Een woordvoerder van de marechaussee op Schiphol kan tot nu toe alleen bevestigen dat er een toestel is teruggekeerd.
Ook werd bevestigd dat een aantal personen van boord is gehaald, die de marechaussee nu aan het verhoren is.
Waarom het Amerikaanse toestel is teruggekeerd, is nog niet bekend. Of dat iets met terreurdreiging te maken heeft, wordt op dit moment uitgezocht. De marechaussee heeft de Nationaal Coördinator Terrorismebestrijding (NCTb) geïnformeerd. Voor de NCTb is de situatie op dit moment geen aanleiding om extra veiligheidsmaatregelen te nemen, aldus de woordvoerder van de terreurcoördinator.
That's just what I was thinking. Several years into this translation business and it still SUCKS.
If I understand the translations correctly, the Northwest Airlines DC-10 was en route to India.
BBC NEWS
US flight turns back to Amsterdam
A US passenger jet bound for India has returned to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport escorted by fighter aircraft.
Several passengers have been taken off the Northwest Airlines plane and are being detained for questioning, an airport spokeswoman confirmed.
The pilot was reported to have taken the decision to turn back while in German airspace, although no details have been given.
Two Dutch F-16s were scrambled to accompany the plane back.
Airport spokeswoman Mirjam Snoerwang said the passengers were escorted from the plane by customs police once they had landed at the airport.
"A number of suspects were taken off the plane - I don't know how many. They're undergoing questioning now," she was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/europe/5278092.stm
Published: 2006/08/23 11:17:00 GMT
© BBC MMVI
Sounds like you should head up homeland security, As good an idea as these boobs have come up with.
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