Prince’s Flight to Atlanta Is Aborted
From Times Staff Reports
A plane carrying Britain’s Prince Andrew to the United States turned around in midair after the attacks on the World Trade Center, Buckingham Palace said.
A palace spokeswoman said that the prince, the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, was due to fly to Atlanta and then to New York but decided to return after learning of the events in New York.
She did not say why the prince had been flying to the U.S.
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