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British Airways Flight Detained at Dulles Airport, Passengers Being Quizzed by Security
Local Channel 5 | Wednesday, December 31, 2003 | Kristinn

Posted on 12/31/2003 7:11:32 PM PST by kristinn

D.C. Fox affiliate WTTG-5 reported a few minutes ago that British Airways flight 223 has been detained on the tarmac at Dulles Airport, Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C.

The flight landed at 7:06 p.m. Passengers have not been allowed to deplane. Some family members waiting at the terminal were able to speak with some of the passengers via cellphone. They were told TSA and other security personnell are interviewing passengers and inspecting luggage.

Over two hundred passengers and crew are on the plane.

More to follow as reported. Please forgive any errors as this just caught my ear.


TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: Virginia; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: airlinesecurity; ba223; homelandsecurity; iad; nye; orangealert4
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To: kristinn; Amelia
I'm still puzzled why this took 50% of the DC FBI force, as well as TSA unless someone somewhere thought something major was about to happen.
521 posted on 12/31/2003 9:17:11 PM PST by bcoffey
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To: Johnny_Cipher
(Jaws theme music...)
522 posted on 12/31/2003 9:17:27 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Benrand
"TURDY!! TURDY!!"
523 posted on 12/31/2003 9:18:13 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: kristinn
could be he was supposed to be on it, and got tipped at the last minute to abort or place his wife on the flight in his place. this is where we've got to get tough, if we really want this guy, and we have his real wife, well, let's play ball. start by sending her to gitmo.
524 posted on 12/31/2003 9:18:24 PM PST by oceanview
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To: Johnny_Cipher
"I want the entire pool scrubbed, sterilized, and disinfected!"
525 posted on 12/31/2003 9:19:13 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: sfRummygirl
Gunga galunga
526 posted on 12/31/2003 9:19:37 PM PST by Benrand
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To: bcoffey
That and they made the plane circle for an hour while they assembled their team of agents. There was nothing "routine" about this.
527 posted on 12/31/2003 9:20:15 PM PST by kristinn
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To: sfRummygirl
Im gonna load up my cannon with a pound of 2f and let go. if you here of a report of a load BANG in PA it was just me doing somthing crazy
528 posted on 12/31/2003 9:20:16 PM PST by JOHANNES801 (WHEN THE 2ND IS REPEALED,THE 2ND REVOLUTION STARTS.)
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To: Benrand
"Who's your decorator, Benehana?"
529 posted on 12/31/2003 9:20:33 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: sfRummygirl
To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint.
530 posted on 12/31/2003 9:20:39 PM PST by Benrand
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To: sfRummygirl
Pucker up Buttercup
531 posted on 12/31/2003 9:20:58 PM PST by al baby (Ice cream does not have bones)
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To: Benrand
"You know, you should play with Dr. Beeper and myself. He's been club champion for three years running, and I'm no slouch myself."

"Don't sell yourself short, Judge. You're a tremendous slouch."
532 posted on 12/31/2003 9:21:01 PM PST by stylin19a (Is it vietnam yet ?)
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To: sfRummygirl
And a varmint will never quit - ever.
533 posted on 12/31/2003 9:21:16 PM PST by Benrand
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To: bcoffey; kristinn
I don't think they'd send that many people out there for just one person...but depends on how much questioning of the other passengers they needed to do.

I'm not sure how many agents half the force would be, but there are a lot of passengers on that airplane, and I don't think they want to keep them on the plane all night long...

534 posted on 12/31/2003 9:21:18 PM PST by Amelia
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To: sfRummygirl
(has the weirdest jones for a Baby Ruth bar, just now) :)
535 posted on 12/31/2003 9:22:21 PM PST by Johnny_Cipher (Dimension Zero)
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To: JOHANNES801
If I hear it out here, that will be one hell of a bang!

"I was born, to love you, I was born to lick your face, I was born to rub you, but you were born to rub me first!"
536 posted on 12/31/2003 9:22:51 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: stylin19a
They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong.
537 posted on 12/31/2003 9:22:52 PM PST by Benrand
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To: al baby
HA! great still!

Aww....
I wish he was still around. He died to soon.
538 posted on 12/31/2003 9:23:47 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: stylin19a
"I got it from a NEGRO...."
539 posted on 12/31/2003 9:25:20 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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To: Johnny_Cipher
ME TOO!
540 posted on 12/31/2003 9:25:50 PM PST by sfRummygirl (SAVE TERRI SHINDLER SCHIAVO...www.terrisfight.org)
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