Usairways Flight Grounded

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Does anyone have anymore details on this?


http://www.wesh.com//travelgetaways/...460...?subid=32100922


Air Marshals Ground U.S. Airways Flight

POSTED: 6:35 am EDT June 13, 2005
UPDATED: 6:45 am EDT June 13, 2005

Federal air marshals grounded a U.S. Airways flight over the weekend.


It left Orlando on Sunday but was forced to land in Jacksonville, WESH 2 News reported.

Air marshals said they were uncomfortable with the actions of seven passengers in the first-class section of the jet, but they're not saying what those actions were.

 

[BoeingBoy]

There was an article a couple of days ago. I'll try to find it again, but this is my recollection....

The flight was MCO-DCA. Marshalls noticed several "foreign looking" passengers acting oddly, so the flight landed in JAX and the passengers in question were removed from the flight. Turns out that they were a group of military brass from some S American country going to Washington for meetings with their counterparts in the Pentagon.

Jim

 

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http://www.wesh.com//travelgetaways//46002...?subid=32100922

 

[BoeingBoy]

Here's the earlier article....

Removed Passengers Identified as Qatari

Jim

ps - the nationality shows how good my memory is - not!!!

 

[AtlanticBeach]

Excerpt from the article:

"The men appeared to know each other and were gesturing to each other, a spokesman for the air marshal service said. After the marshal reported the behavior to the crew, the Boeing 727-4000 with more than 140 passengers was diverted to Jacksonville, Fla."


I don't think I've ever seen a 727-4000. Didn't know y'all were flying that model. Maybe I should have gone to JAX to take a look and have a drink with the Qatari's.

And I thought they were some of the Good Guys.

 

[diogenes]

Wouldn't it have been a good idea for this info to have been given to the PIC and the AM's before pushback?

 

[Art at ISP]

Interesting story despite the inaccuracies.

I haven't seen a 727-4000 either...my guess is 737-400.

At least the behavior was observed and acted upon...rather safe than sorry folks....

 

[USAir757]

I don't think I've ever seen a 727-4000. Didn't know y'all were flying that model. Maybe I should have gone to JAX to take a look and have a drink with the Qatari's.

THE NEW BOEING 727-4000.....

 

[robbedagain]

cool picture! wonder how many it held/hold or whatever!!!

 

[flyin2low]

Wow, 6 cargo bins. Must hold about 600 pax.

 

[Dog Wonder]

Qatar is in South Arabia

 

[mga707]

Qatar is in South Arabia

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Think you're confusing it with Yemen. Oatar is actually a small peninsula that sticks out from the eastern side of the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia) into the Persian Gulf, between the island nation of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

 

[Dizel8]

THE NEW BOEING 727-4000.....

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That "thing" has got to be a beatch on rotation🙂

 

[jimcfs]

Interesting story despite the inaccuracies.

I haven't seen a 727-4000 either...my guess is 737-400.

At least the behavior was observed and acted upon...rather safe than sorry folks....

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I remember the F28-4000... but no 727-4000. 😉

Only 4 seats in the front of the F28, so no way it could have been one of those.

 

[Flufdriver]

Man...I don't care how it is on rotation.........."I'm bidding it on the next bid"!!