British Airways Flight 216 Held at Dulles Airport Tonight

Local Channel 9 | Thursday, January 1, 2004 | Kristinn

[kristinn]

WUSA-TV 9 in Washington, D.C. reported on their 11 p.m. news that yet another British Airways flight is being scrutinized by federal agents at Dulles Airport.

Flight 216, scheduled to depart hours ago, is being kept from takeoff while its passengers and luggage are rescreened.

[bcoffey]

Here we go again.

[LikeLight]

Wow . . . somebody is seriously concerned about something here . . . this is getting very intriguing . . .

[mitchbert]

Ping

[MEG33]

Sounds like they are taking this " chatter" very seriously!

[nopardons]

I wish they'd explain, atger is okay too, what's going on. Is there ANY news, at all, as to what happened re the other one ?

[leadpenny]

Looking for another drunk TSA official no doubt.

[bcoffey]

flightarrivals.com says the flight was supposed to have departed IAD at 6:36 pm EST but still not departed nearly FIVE hours later. Must be some security screen.

[Ex-Dem]

Again? At least this one isn't another Flight 223. I think we've had two of those stopped in as many days.

[kristinn]

According to the BA Website, Flight 216 was scheduled to depart at 6:36 p.m. EST from IAD destination Heathrow. Status listed as "not departed."

[LikeLight]

Destination would be Heathrow (London) . . . if they ever let it go . . .

[Iowa Granny]

I wish someone could tell us if they are give particular attention to certain passengers or if everyone is going thru the same routine.

Do they need to employee new screeners? Are these people not doing their jobs?

Is the news media asking these questions? There really should be an explaination as to why the inspections weren't done properly the first time. We have no control over what happens in other nations, so I have no problem with the extra screening which occurred last night. But this is goofy. If our baggage screeners were doing their jobs properly, a second screening shouldn't be necessary.

Makes me wonder if they are playing games with the departure schedule for some other reason.

[RaceBannon]

Kewel!

[nwctwx]

This certainly gets more and more interesting with time...

[kristinn]

I'm sure there's quite a few drunks at Dulles tonight.

[leadpenny]

Here's a side problem with these delays: The flight crews will start to bump up against crew-rest restrictions.

[tgslTakoma]

Here's the Dulles airport page. You can search by flight, airline, etc.

What interesting times we are living in.

[browardchad]

Is the same plane that came in last night? If so, they might suspect some sort of transfer occuring on the planes themselves -- something that screening machines wouldn't pick up and regular cleaning might not find. Or maybe they've already found that something, and are trying to find the intended recipient...

[leadpenny]

Time to spare - Go by air!

Guess Amtrak doesn't go to London, however.

[bcoffey]

What interesting times we are living in.

True... but how much more interesting it would be if we had a clue as to what's going on with BA and IAD!