[AGL] false alarm or maybe the real thing

[Michael Eisenstadt]

this item belongs in the category of newsbreaks that make the heart race 
faster -

AMSTERDAM, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Dutch police arrested 12 passengers on a U.S. 
Northwest Airlines plane bound for India which was forced to turn back to 
Amsterdam's Schiphol airport on Wednesday, news agency ANP reported.
ANP quoted a police spokesman as saying 12 were arrested, but declined to 
give further details due to the ongoing investigation.

Police officials were not immediately available to comment.

The Dutch Defence Ministry said earlier the pilot decided to turn back after 
the crew said several of the 149 passengers on flight 42 to Mumbai were 
behaving suspiciously.



Security has been increased at airports worldwide in the last two weeks 
after British police said they had foiled a plot by British Muslims to blow 
up planes in the mid-Atlantic using liquid explosives disguised as drinks.