British Airways Flight Detained at Dulles Airport, Passengers Being Quizzed by Security

Local Channel 5 | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG-5 reported a few minutes ago that British Airways flight 223 has been detained on the tarmac at Dulles Airport, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.

The flight landed at 7:06 p.m. Passengers have not been allowed to deplane. Some family members waiting at the terminal were able to speak with some of the passengers via cellphone. They were told TSA and other security personnell are interviewing passengers and inspecting luggage.

Over two hundred passengers and crew are on the plane.

More to follow as reported. Please forgive any errors as this just caught my ear.

[Dog]

Miss Cleo??

[nuffsenuff]

"Gunga... Gunga.. goongalunga"

[maestro]

This is going to suck because we are never going to find out what happened.

50%

/sarcasm

[null and void]

Might be radiation exposure. It would be bad to have an assigned seat over a leaky package in cargo...

[prairiebreeze]

Yup, you're probably right. Maybe that's truly best though...

Prairie

[politicalwit]

Time to invest in the stock market....Who's the makers of Prozac? Appears to be a Prozac moment for several posters.

[Johnny_Cipher]

"Do you take drugs, Danny?"

"Every day."

"Good."

[tubebender]

We had a guy try to board a United Express flight to SFO 2 weeks a go with the makings of gunpowder and fuses for a golf ball shooting cannon in Florida. (They let him go)...

[nuffsenuff]

"TURD!!!"

[sfRummygirl]

OH!! Good one!!
Crap, I can't find my tape!! I'm obsessed now!!!

[cajungirl]

We don't need Prozac,,but I am out of Baileys if you have some spare.

[Johnny_Cipher]

DOUBLE TURDS!

[relee]

Channel 7 interviewing a mid-easst woman - questioned her on the people mover by 4 FBI agents
They are looking for 8? suspects?

[GrandmaPatriot]

leads one to believe there was an on board incident just before landing

Maybe someone left their seat to go to the restroom less than 30 mins out.

[Benrand]

Licensed to kill gophers by the gubbermint of the United Nations...

[myprecious]

Cindi also looked like she had a flak jacket under her dress. She looks rough, but I think she was packing a little protective gear.

[Benrand]

So I jump ship in Hong Kong and make my way over to Tibet

[angkor]

WJLA reporting, they were looking for 7-8 suspects. They're interviewing two passengers now, they were told there would be a delay, waited 1 1/2 hours for checks to start, then another 1 1/2 hours before these 2 (husband and wife) were cleared. Questioned middle easterner woman, FBI questioned her, where's your husband? No one knows why flight detained. One BA source said they were looking for 7-8 suspects. That's all.

[relee]

should be

Channel 7 interviewing a passenger

mid-east woman was questioned on the people mover by 4 FBI agents.

[Hand em their arse]

They'll probably find some of that coke or hasheesh like in that bust last week. AND......... if that's the case "You can play eighteen holes on it during the day and then get stoned to the bejesus that same night". Sorry I could'nt resist....