BA RESPONSE
?DOBA175/12JAN
* OPERATIONAL FLIGHT INFO * BA 175 -1 WE 12JAN
CITY INFO HOUR (LOCAL)
LHR AIRCRAFT LANDED 1730
ARRIVED 1737
ESTIMATED TIME OF DEPARTURE 2035
LEFT THE GATE 2033
TOOK OFF 2058
DELAY OPERATIONAL REASON
DELAY OPERATIONAL REASON
DIV JFK LHR
AIRCRAFT DEFECTS
PASSENGERS ON BOARD (239)
ESTIMATED TIME OF ARRIVAL 2312 JFK
JFK AIRCRAFT LANDED 2303
ARRIVED 2313
Jordan Hayes <jmhayes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:LONDON - A British Airways flight from London to New York was forced to
turn back Wednesday after U.S. authorities refused to allow one of the
passengers to land, saying he posed a terrorist threat, the airline
said.
Flight BA175 was three hours into its journey to John F. Kennedy
International Airport when it was forced to turn back to London's
Heathrow Airport, where the passenger was met by police.
U.S. Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Yolanda Clark
said the passenger was traveling on a French passport.
The TSA said the man was a positive match with an anti-terrorism
watchlist.
London's Metropolitan Police said they were questioning the man but had
not arrested him.
The TSA determined that British Airways followed proper procedures in
checking the man's name against the no-fly list. It was only after the
plane took off that the airline sent the passenger manifest to U.S.
Customs and Border Protection, which matched the name against the list.
"The flight returned to Heathrow after we received a request from the
U.S. authorities saying that a passenger aboard the aircraft was not to
be allowed to land in New York," an airline spokesman said. "We stress
that there was no threat to the safety of the aircraft."
Passengers were rescreened, and the plane took off again for New York,
British Airways spokesman Honor Verrier said.
It is standard procedure for international flights leaving for the
United States to send their passenger manifests after the plane takes
off, but the U.S. government wants to change that practice so the
manifests are sent beforehand.
A federal official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said it appears
the passenger was not initially discovered because the airline did not
have the latest version of the no-fly list. The distribution system
changed recently and the passenger was added to the list in late
December, the official said.
"It really underscores the importance of Homeland Security assuming the
responsibility for administering these airline passenger watchlists,"
Clark said.
Currently, the airlines administer the lists, but the TSA is testing a
new computer-based screening system that would be administered by the
government.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=518&e=14&u=/ap/britain_returned_flight
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