Originally Posted by cAAl
The authorities in the U.S. certainly wanted to apprehand the suspected passenger before the flight reached its final destination. However, if was BA, not U.S. authorities, who decided to turn the plane around and head back to LHR after three hours of flying, according to a U.S. official quoted by
Reuters:
The plane should not have been diverted to Bangor either!!!
Fly the flight, land the plane at the correct destination, let INS sort out any issues if need be.
Screw* the No Fly list.
* Stronger verb should be substituted here.