Posted on 08/25/2006 11:07:36 AM PDT by jdm
BANGOR, Maine -- A trans-Atlantic flight from Manchester, England, en route to Chicago was diverted to the Bangor International Airport on Friday, officials said.
American Airlines Flight 55, a Boeing 763, was diverted for security reasons, said Arlene Murray, New England regional spokeswoman for the Federal Aviation Administration. She declined to elaborate.
Police confirmed that there was an incident at the airport but provided no details. Federal agents were at the airport, as well.
FBI spokeswoman Gail Marcinkiewicz declined to discuss the nature of the problem.
"We're responding to determine the cause of the diversion. It's going to take a number of hours for passengers to be interviewed," Marcinkiewicz said from Boston.
The Bangor airport is a popular place for international flights to touch down early due to mechanical problems, unruly passengers or security threats.
Bangor is the first large U.S. airport for incoming European flights, and it's the last U.S. airport for outgoing flights, providing a safety net for aircraft with uncluttered skies and one of the longest runways on the East Coast.
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Hi mods .. anyone there? Thanks for your help.
Today its atleast three.
that was a different plane this morning. Theres been four diverted flights today. One to Newark, Bangor, OKC and Houston
This one is interesting, flight from England to Chicago.
Maybe they caught another Peaceful Muslim.
Close the borders NOW!
Your right I stand corrected..Sorry...
Um, Islam is attempting to conquer the world and force all those outside the Umma to submit to its will?
yep ... that's my take
I think it's more likely that they're probing to determine how many flights tend to have air marshalls, how many air marshalls per flight, and what their procedures are. One or more Muslims on the plane pulls this stunt and gets arrested. Their partners keep a low profile, don't get involved, and simply watch and report back.
Just my hunch.
Still no news on this flight from England to Chicago.
Also, Fed Air Marshals tackled someone today, Oklahoma I think was destination, and no news on that either.
The Idiot caught with dynamite gos to college 5 miles from my house.
So far, no news on racial profile of these people.
Aboriginees from Australia? Kiwis from New Zealand?
Peaceful Muslims?
That sounds sickeningly possible. I swear, once I retire I will NEVER fly again.
She's built like Homer Simpson. You could draw a likeless of her using only a circle template.
That sounds like a very likely "hunch" by you...hadn't thought of that...thanks.
I thought that if someone did something that caused a flight to be diverted, they were required to pay for the fuel, etc(it's over $250,000 I believe)......
Does anyone know if this is the still the law? If not, it should be, there must be some serious consequences for this.
"I swear, once I retire I will NEVER fly again"
I swear, once we can figure out what else we can do with dh's career and pilot experience...oh, never mind. *sigh*
great (and to the point) cartoon
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