TSA detains United Arab Emirates' plane at Atlantic City EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) =97 A plane from the United Arab Emirates was= =20 detained at Atlantic City International Airport for more than three hours=20 after it flew into restricted airspace during a test flight. The plane was= =20 ordered to land about 3:45 p.m. Sunday by the Transportation and Safety=20 Administration. The directive came after the pilot apparently tried to=20 change the flight plan and land at an airport in Georgetown, Del., The=20 Press of Atlantic City reported Monday. Brian Doyle, a TSA spokesman, said= =20 the plane had diplomatic clearance and had filed a flight plan with=20 officials. The Boeing 737-700 had Arabic writing and the words United Arab= =20 Emirates in red letters on each side, and there was a United Arab Emirates= =20 flag on the tail of the plane. Steve Silvern, supervisory senior resident agent with the FBI, said 5 to 10= =20 people were aboard the plane, but he would not provide further details=20 except to say they were not dignitaries. "At one point there was concern=20 about the aircraft and it was asked to land at this facility," Silvern=20 said, declining further comment. The plane was held on the ground while=20 investigators questioned the plane's occupants and tried to determine why=20 it had departed from the flight plan. Silvern said that question has not=20 been answered, but the plane was allowed to leave around 7 p.m. "There are= =20 some diplomatic aspects that go with it because the plane belongs to the=20 U.A.E., and there are some U.S. State Department issues that go along with= =20 the plane," Silvern said. He would not say where the plane was headed after= =20 it left the airport. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.dbombo.net/muddyangels/ TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************