Suspected Militant on Flight Questioned, Freed
From Times Wire Reports
U.S. authorities told a British Airways flight bound for New York to turn back because a suspected militant was on board. London police later questioned him for two hours and then released him without charge.
U.S. officials said a name on the passenger list matched that of a suspected member of a Moroccan militant group.
Police met the man off Flight 175, which was carrying 239 passengers, at Heathrow Airport. The other passengers later flew to New York.
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