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To: b-witch who wrote (525)2/28/2002 3:45:55 PM
From: QuahogRead Replies (1) | Respond to of 602
 
No Fear of Hijacking on Air India Flight
Thu Feb 28, 3:32 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. law enforcement officials said on Thursday the FBI (news - web sites) would meet an Air India flight to question a suspicious passenger, but there was no disturbance on the flight and no fear of a hijacking.

story.news.yahoo.com

"There is no hijacking," one law enforcement official said, following reports of a possible disturbance aboard Air India Flight 101 bound for New York's JFK airport.

Media reports of a possible problem on the airliner reawakened memories of the Sept. 11 hijacking attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon (news - web sites).

Transportation officials said a screener in London said one of the names on the people on the flight matched a name on a watch list.

FBI officials will meet the plane when it lands in New York to interview that person and verify his identity, law enforcement officials said. "It may turn out just to be a similar name," one official said.