Custody battle diverts flight

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(CNN) -- A Beijing-bound United Airlines flight returned to Washington's Dulles International Airport Thursday evening because of a child custody investigation.

United Airlines Flight 897 took off on time at 12:20 p.m. ET, but had to return to Dulles at the request of federal law enforcement, an airline spokesperson said.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation had received an alert that a mother on that flight was allegedly taking her child out of the country illegally, an FBI spokesman told CNN.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/09/05/travel/parental-kidnapping-diverts-international-flight/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

 

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The U.S. Department of State tries to return kidnapped children through negotiation, sometimes made easier if the other country is also a signatory to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction. The United States and more than 70 other countries have signed the convention, but it only applies if both countries involved are signatories.
"That leaves many countries where there is no partner" for the United States to negotiate with, said Heads. "It can be a real challenge at times for parents."
China is not a signatory to the convention, which Heads said could have made it harder for the father in the United Airlines case to get his child back.

Out of UA control.
Could/will happen on any airline.
Do we have to post every nonsensical occurance?
 
Nothing to see here, move along...