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Old Jan 22, 2022 | 5:56 pm
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Originally Posted by chavala (Post # 111)
According to the One Mile at a Time article : "Police met the flight on arrival, and the passengers were allegedly arrested."

"Allegedy" ? ??

Curious if there are further updates. Hopfefully they're sitting in a jail cell.
Originally Posted by selo (Post # 117)
According to CNN https://edition.cnn.com/travel/artic...ers/index.html "The Port Authority Police Department responded to the incident. "No charges by PAPD were issued, no further incident or reported injuries," a spokesperson from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey told CNN."
So apparently they were merely detained for questioning and then released, not arrested.
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