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Post by Merlot Joe on Jan 12, 2005 13:43:43 GMT -6
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 12, 2005 14:01:15 GMT -6
Cat Stevens was trying to sneak into the country again? That wascally wabbit!.....Jake
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 12, 2005 14:20:26 GMT -6
"After departure the list of passengers was run against a "no-fly" list and one of the names matched that of a person involved with the Moroccan group."
We fly that route with British Airways a couple of times a year and what is disturbing is that this information about the passenger did not come to light until the plane was already in the air. It was the same with the Cat Stevens incident. Check-in for international flights is 2 hours ahead of departure time, surely the computer check on the passenger list should be run before departure once the desk is closed.
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Post by Harrybutt on Jan 12, 2005 14:26:41 GMT -6
If al-queda does nothing else...they have forever thrown chaos into the world's transportation sytem.
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Post by Chicago Jake on Jan 12, 2005 14:32:16 GMT -6
I can only assume that it was discovered SOON after take-off.... No jet would carry enough fuel to turn around and return to London after flying all the way across.....Jake
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Post by Irish Stu on Jan 12, 2005 14:48:32 GMT -6
That's a reasonable assumption Jake, and I can understand BA not wanting to cross the Atlantic in the knowledge that they had a terrorist suspect on-board. My concern though is that a suspected terrorist on the passenger list must be considered a threat to the plane in flight, as BA clearly did, and those 2 hours would seem to provide plenty of time to ensure that the security checks were made before that passenger could become a threat.
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