12 ARRESTED IN US PLANE TURN BACK: DUTCH AGENCY

Yahoooo News via Reuters ^ | 8/23/06

[areafiftyone]

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 passengers on a U.S. Northwest Airlines plane bound for India which was forced to turn back to Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, news agency ANP reported.

ANP quoted a police spokesman as saying 12 were arrested, but declined to give further details due to the ongoing investigation.

Police officials were not immediately available to comment.

The Dutch Defense Ministry said earlier the pilot decided to turn back after the crew said several of the 149 passengers on flight 42 to Mumbai were behaving suspiciously.

Security has been increased at airports worldwide in the last two weeks after British police said they had foiled a plot by British Muslims to blow up planes in the mid-Atlantic using liquid explosives disguised as drinks.

[Integrityrocks]

Air travel: I wouldn't want to be in that business. Us Americans are always looking for the bargain basement price for our travel but I for one feel for these airline industries.

With fuel price increases, increased mandates on security screening, and new mandatory flight technology, not to mention "unions", these people have got to raise prices or go bust.

That said, I can't afford to leave the State of Alaska because a 1 1/2 hr flight south is $750.00. Its quite a conundrum.

[albee]

" FoxNews reporting that an American passenger reported that 11 of the detainees appeared to be 'South Asian'.

I believe that "South Asian" in BritSpeak means someone from the Middle East.

After all, Iraq, Iran, Lebanon, etc , are all South of Great Britain.

[Deo volente]

I forget, do the Amish use cell phones?

[reagan_fanatic]

Blasted Lutheran rabblerousers.

[conservativecorner]

Religion of peace my arse BUMP!

[LIConFem]

Norwegian Baptists, more likely.

[conservativecorner]

Correctamundo BUMP!

[Oorang]

I read one earlier thread and didn't see that post. Might you have a link to the correct thread? Thanks.

[Blogger]

If they are from Indonesia (Largest Muslim Country) that is South Asian.

[Alouette]

US Passenger saying they were "South Asian."

Indonesian, probably.

[battletank]

Wait...didn't Condi add to that little ditty recently? Isn't it now officially the "Religion of Peace and Love"? My arse, indeed.

So initial reports say a bunch of "south asians" all got up and handed their cell phones to another "south asian"? If that's what happened, it's a good thing they are dumb sheets!

Or maybe it was a trial run to see how everyone would react?

[gcruse]

[blam]

"If they are from Indonesia (Largest Muslim Country) that is South Asian."

Wouldn't Indonesia be South East Asia?

[b4its2late]

A bunch of radicals from the Christian Right no doubt.

[pissant]

ROFL! Benny Hinn demanded caviar!

[chapin2500]

these people have got to raise prices or go bust.

Don't worry. The government will bail them out.

[pissant]

Just to download porn.

[Mo1]

Avoid Europe on your way to India, terrorists targeting India bound planes from Europe
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1688706/posts

[gcruse]

I guess Braniff is just waiting for the paperwork to go through, eh? Oh, and Pan Am and TWA and...

[Blogger]

You're right. From wikipedia:

South Asia consists of the following territories:

Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Tibet
The United Nations subregion of Southern Asia (see Subregions of Asia) includes the above plus:

Afghanistan
Iran