A bit more on the “unruly” passenger ===> Tahir is a Pakistani national who has been in the United States since at least 2002. His occupation and immigration status could not be learned yesterday. He was reportedly traveling alone. According to press accounts he refused to follow instructions by flight attendants and at one point locked himself in the airplane lavatory.
Tahir, who turned 47 Saturday, was being held in the El Paso County jail at the request of the FBI, said Josh Sepelak, a security technician there. He is being kept separate from the other 1,400 inmates. http://bit.ly/4IneWj
******
Also he lives in Virginia - wonder which mosque he goes to?
If 43-year-old Mansor Mohammad Asad, of Toledo, Ohio, posts the bond, his attorney Frank J. Gaviria says Asad would be required to be under house arrest.
Police say Asad was arrested Wednesday night on a disorderly conduct charge after a taxiing Northwest Airlines flight returned to a gate. Authorities say the incident doesn't appear terrorism-related. http://bit.ly/72FIUC