Posted on 12/25/2001 12:58:25 PM PST by fiftymegaton
Continental Flight Diverted to El Paso Due to Unruly Passengers
The Associated Press
Published: Dec 25, 2001
EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Continental Airlines flight from Houston to Los Angeles was diverted to El Paso on Tuesday because of two unruly passengers, officials said. Flight 627 left Houston at 11:50 a.m. and landed in El Paso at 1:43 p.m., said Roland Herwig of the Federal Aviation Administration.
"There were actually two unruly passengers on board the aircraft and as a precautionary measure the plane was diverted to El Paso," Continental spokeswoman Julie King said.
King said the 757 resumed its flight to Los Angeles shortly after it landed.
She said she had no further details, and there were no immediate reports of any injuries.
Officials the El Paso International Airport, including the airport police department, did not return telephone calls placed by The Associated Press. AP-ES-12-25-01 1553EST
Get off the plane sunk.
Leni
Post-9/11, if it is reported to be two drunk college students, there will be at least a dozen people on this forum who claim it's a cover up.
We were rowdy, and the flight attendants didn't seem to mind.
The non smokers thought they could improve on a system like that.
El-Paso Times Continental plane diverted to El Paso due to unruly passengers Posted 2 p.m.
A Continental Airlines plane enroute from Houston to Los Angeles was diverted to El Paso Tuesday after two passengers became unruly during the flight, CNN and the Associated Press reported. Continental Airlines flight 627 left Houston at 11:50 a.m. and made the unscheduled landing at El Paso International Airport at 12:39 p.m.
This is the Bush plan for punishment of airline rowdies: to El Paso, with no trial, no lawyers, no chance of escape.
HAH!!!
Let's see how many OTHERS will risk cutting up in American flag airlines NOW!!
If there is a problem, it must be due to some Islamic conspiracy.
Maybe they had on that new Middle Eastern tennis shoe, the C-4 Special.
Victor Calzada / El Paso Times
A Continental Airlines plane sits at the gate at El Paso International Airport Tuesday. The plane was diverted to the airport while on a flight from Houston to Los Angeles when two passengers became unruly, according to FAA officials. Times staff, wire report
A Continental Airlines plane enroute from Houston to Los Angeles was diverted to El Paso Tuesday after two passengers became unruly during the flight.
Continental Airlines flight 627 left Houston at 11:50 a.m. and made the unscheduled landing at El Paso International Airport at 12:39 p.m.
Roland Herwig, an official with the, FAA confirmed the incident to the AP.
"There actually were two unruly passengers on board the aircraft and as a precautionary measure the plane was diverted to El Paso," Continental spokeswoman Julie King said.
King said she had no further details, and there were no immediate reports of any injuries.
FBI investigators were called to the airport to question the unruly passengers.
The plane, a Boeing 757, resumed its flight shortly after it landed. It was expected to land in Los Angeles at 4:16 p.m. local time.
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