[kristinn]

Fox-5 update. Some passangers coming off in a "trickle." Other passengers on plane still being interviewed, baggage screening continues.

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Authorities board plane at Dulles
Passengers on British Airways flight questioned; FBI says incident not terrorist-related

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The Associated Press
Originally published December 31, 2003, 10:51 PM EST


WASHINGTON -- FBI and Homeland Security Department officials boarded a British Airways jet shortly after it landed at Washington Dulles International Airport Wednesday night and detained 247 passengers for about three hours, officials said.

An FBI official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the detention of the passengers was not terrorist-related.