A United Airlines flight took off from San Francisco bound for Baltimore, flew for an hour, then turned around and went back because a passenger named Mohammed Ahmed was supposedly on the FBI "watch list." San Francisco police met the plane, questioned Ahmed, and decided he wasn't on the watch list after all. The 161 passengers were sent on another flight two hours later, and given a $25 voucher for their exposure to Flying While Arab.
November 11, 2002 5:26 AM