Twelve Passesngers Arrested From Plane That Returned To Amsterdam

The Hindu ^ | 8/23/2006 | Not Listed

[SaxxonWoods]

Amsterdam, Aug. 23 (AP): Dutch police arrested 12 passengers who aroused the crew's suspicion on a U.S. airline flight to India after it returned on Wednesday to Amsterdam escorted by two F-16 jet fighters, a spokesman said.

Police spokesman Rob Staenacker said he could not disclose the nationalities of the people taken from the Northwest DC-10 after it was diverted over German airspace, or the nature of the suspicions against them.

``I can tell you 12 people have been arrested,'' he said.

It was not immediately clear if they had been charged.

An American passenger, who identified herself only as Alpa, told AP Television News that she saw about a dozen people taken off the aircraft in handcuffs who appeared to be of South Asian origin.

[taxesareforever]

Couldn't have been better said.

[arthurus]

It promises to be a pretty effective way to cripple air traffic. The answer, short term, at least, is to refuse suspected Mohammedans the right to get anywhere near an airplane.

[arthurus]

"South Asian origin"?

That's a tag for Hindu or Pakistani origin.

[river rat]

That would take too long....

I would prefer they issue baseball bats to EVERY passenger getting on an airline...

Let an "armed" passenger "democracy" determine the guidelines for acceptable behavior and the fate of these assholes...

Semper Fi

[ncountylee]

Ethiopia had a hijacking attempt where the hijackers were overpowered, strapped into the first row of seats and had their throats cut by security personnel. Don't think that airline had a second hijacking.

[SaxxonWoods]

Whoa, my kind of security! Never heard about that one.

[MPJackal]

It is called terrorism. Creating fear is the goal.

[hardworking]

every time we even suspect a fellow passenger WAITING IN THE BOARDING AREA is Middle Eastern looking ... WE DON'T BOARD AND CHANGE OUR FLIGHT!

[Dallas59]

I fixed it...

Amsterdam, Aug. 23 (AP): Dutch police arrested 12 Muslim passengers who aroused the crew's suspicion on a U.S. airline flight to India after it returned on Wednesday to Amsterdam escorted by two F-16 jet fighters, a spokesman said.

Police spokesman Rob Staenacker said he could not disclose the nationalities of the Muslim people taken from the Northwest DC-10 after it was diverted over German airspace, or the nature of the suspicions against them.

``I can tell you 12 Muslim people have been arrested,'' he said.

It was not immediately clear if they had been charged.

An American passenger, who identified herself only as Alpa, told AP Television News that she saw about a dozen people taken off the aircraft in handcuffs who appeared to be of South Asian origin.

[peggybac]

Northwest flies to India and Amsterdam??

[SaxxonWoods]

Yeah, and I flew them to Rome last year. They get around.

[SaxxonWoods]

LOL. What a difference a word makes.

[SaxxonWoods]

Dang it, gotta sign off. Carry on, thanks for dropping in, cyaround all.

[ASOC]

Likely as not sharing porn or nekkid wewwin pic they picked up in the notorious red light district.

Can't a muzzie have in fun - what happen in Amsterdam stays in Amsterdam.....

[Defiant]

There's a business opportunity for an airline advertising itself as "no muslims allowed". Who wouldn't pay $25 extra to be free of muslims? People who want to go for 1/2 price and take their chances can take the "muslims allowed" flights.

[absalom01]

"That was enough for U.S. air marshals aboard the DC-10 to break their cover. "

Becha this was the immediate goal. Bet the bad guys had a layoff man or two taking notes on numbers, tactics, weapons etc. as well.

[Cobra64]

every time we even suspect a fellow passenger WAITING IN THE BOARDING AREA is Middle Eastern looking ... WE DON'T BOARD AND CHANGE OUR FLIGHT!

Yeah, right.

[carumba]

If we had enough bandwidth we could list the suicide bombings in Israel by Palestinians since the Intifada.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"The answer, short term, at least, is to refuse suspected Mohammedans the right to get anywhere near an airplane."

Awesome short term start to a long term problem. Long term solution is to revoke breathing privileges to the slaves of satan!

[arthurus]

aid he could not disclose the nationalities of the Muslim people taken

We have from this all the nationality we need to understand the situation.