Potakas - 31/05/2010 04:31 GMT
An Aeromexico plane flying to Mexico City from Paris had to land late Sunday afternoon at Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Montreal to remove a passenger.
The man, whose identity hasn't been disclosed, was escorted off the plane and taken into custody for questioning by the RCMP. Radio-Canada.ca reported that his name was on the U.S. no-fly list.
All 150 passengers were removed from the Boeing 767 and searched. An airport official said the plane was still at the airport and it wasn't immediately known when it would be allowed to continue to its destination. But the passengers have been allowed to reboard the plane.
More at: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2010/05/30/montreal-plane.html
The airplane was going to land at Mexico City why they have to remove the passenger ?
prob because it will be entering US airspace enroute to mexico.
wisi1965 - 31/05/2010 07:41 GMT
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Incident: Aeromexico B763 near Montreal on May 30th 2010, flight over US refused
By Simon Hradecky, created Monday, May 31st 2010 06:32Z, last updated Monday, May 31st 2010 06:32Z
An Aeromexico Boeing 767-300, registration XA-APB performing flight AM-6 from Paris Charles de Gaulle (France) to Mexico City (Mexico), was enroute over Canada when the United States refused permission to overfly the USA because of a "person of interest" on board of the airplane. The aircraft diverted to Montreal,QC (Canada) for a safe landing, the person of interest was escorted off the aircraft by Royal Canadian Mounted Police and taken into custody on an outstanding warrant.
All passengers disembarked, passengers and luggage were rescreened before the airplane was permitted to continue the journey across the USA. The airplane reached Mexico City with a delay of 9:45 hours.
The US Transportation Security Administration confirmed a "person of interest" had been on board of the flight saying, that the USA's ability of refusal of any flight deemed to be a threat to its security is recognized by many countries and is consistent with international agreements.
