ack ack
Norwegen tourists no doubt.
Must be a group of Calvinists.
From an earlier thread:
"An anonymous caller to KQRS in Minneapolis (home of NWA)said this was a serious incident. There were 12 middle eastern men on the flight. 11 got up from their seats and handed their cell phones to one guy. That's when 2 air marshalls intervened and the airplane was routed back to Amsterdam."
FoxNews reporting something about the detainees trying to use cell phones on board the plane.
[details still sketchy]
Fox reporting that they pulled out cell phones. Not confirmed. US Passenger saying they were "South Asian."
FoxNews reporting that an American passenger reported that 11 of the detainees appeared to be 'South Asian'.
Damn those Laplanders !
Religion of peace my arse BUMP!
Those whacky Amish are at it again!!
I'll bet these "middle eastern men"(aka muslims)staged the whole incident to create a panic amongst the passengers.Wonder how the msm is going to handle this?
By Nicola Leske 29 minutes ago
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.
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ANP said a police spokesman said 12 were arrested, but declined to give further details due to the ongoing investigation. Dutch police were not immediately available to comment on the report.
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.
"Police took off a number of people on board and took them for questioning," the Dutch defense ministry said.
An airport spokeswoman said the return of the Northwest plane had not affected other flights at Schiphol, Europe's third largest cargo airport and fourth biggest passenger hub.
Dutch airport officials said the Northwest pilot decided to turn back his 273-seat DC10-30 when it was in German airspace.
A Northwest spokeswoman said passengers were staying in local hotels, adding Northwest would try the flight to Mumbai again on Thursday.
Last month serial bomb blasts hit commuter trains in Mumbai, killing more than 180 people. Indian police said on Tuesday they had foiled another possible attack in the city after they shot dead a suspected Pakistani national.
SECURITY THREAT
The Dutch Defense Ministry said it was keeping the national counter-terrorism coordinator informed. The government has not decided to take any extra security measures, it said.
The Netherlands' security alert level has been at "substantial" since bombings in London last year, the second highest in a four-stage warning system.
The Dutch secret service AIVD warned in March that the war in Iraq and the presence of Dutch troops in Afghanistan might motivate possible attacks and encourage the recruitment of home-grown Islamist militants.
There have been several scares since the British plot was uncovered, including at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, on a Pacific Blue flight from Fiji to Sydney and on a British plane from London to Egypt diverted to Italy.
An Iberia Airlines flight bound for Madrid was turned back to the Netherlands in April after a woman raised the alarm about a passenger she thought was acting suspiciously. The passenger was later cleared of any wrongdoing.
The 2004 murder of a filmmaker critical of Islam by a Dutch Moroccan shook the country and highlighted the activities of home grown militants. Nine young Muslim men were sentenced to jail this year for belonging to a terrorist group.
British prosecutors investigating the plane bomb plot foiled earlier this month announced on Monday they were charging 11 people after police found bomb-making equipment, suicide notes and "martyrdom videos." No decision has yet been taken on whether to charge another 11 people who are still being held.
(Additional reporting by Alexandra Hudson in Amsterdam and Jason Neely in London)
fyi
Too bad there is not more scrutiny at the point of destination.
FYI
It's those Serbs/Slavs again.
(/sarcasm)