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US rejects KLM flight
A KLM flight with 278 pax from Amsterdam with
destination Mexico has been rejected on Saturday
from entering US airspace, just before entering
Canadian airspace. It turned about and returned
to Amsterdam.
Apparently 2 passengers were the reason to
reject the KLM flight. According KLM there were
no reasons to reject the 2 passengers for this
flight.
Remaining passengers arrived Mexico the next day
with another a/c and apparently the 2 passengers
continued to their destination via London. |
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quote:
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) – US
authorities prevented a Dutch airliner from
entering US airspace during a flight from
Amsterdam to Mexico City because it deemed
two people on board to be a security risk,
the airline said Sunday.
The KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight was
approaching the US border from Canada on
Friday when it was told it would not be
allowed into US airspace because of the two
passengers, KLM spokesman Bart Koster said.
Their names were not released.
The plane returned to Amsterdam. The
airline’s Amsterdam to Mexico City flight
resumed as normal on Saturday, without the
two passengers, Koster said.
It was not known what happened to the two
travelers singled out by US authorities.
Koster said Dutch authorities did not
consider them to be suspects, and they
weren’t on any European no-fly lists. “I
guess they went their way,” he said.
Koster said the incident was unique, since
US and European no-fly lists are usually the
same. 100953 apr 05GMT
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