Posted on 08/13/2006 1:04:55 AM PDT by conservative in nyc
The U.S. Customs area at Detroit Metropolitan Airport was briefly shut down today after a passenger claimed he had contaminated everyone on a flight from Amsterdam.
Officials say a U.S citizen got off a Northwest Airlines flight and implied to the crew he had a biological agent of some sort and had contaminated the flight.
Airport emergency medical technicians examined the man and decided that he did not pose a health risk.
The man was eventually allowed to leave.
It took about 90 minutes to investigate, and other passengers from Amsterdam were delayed in leaving. Passengers on two flights from Japan were not allowed to enter the customs area for about an hour during the investigation.
this reminds me of a return flight from germany about 8 years
ago. after a delayed take off and the long trans atlantic
trek, we were delayed at detroit metro for over an hour. it
seemed like an eternity, with my nicotine starving hubby.
those poor flight attendants fell victims to his outrage. seems
it was due to a bottle neck at customs caused by an overflow
of flights arriving from japan, i believe. ugh!
Good point, but I'm speechless that they let him go and didn't charge him with anything!!!!! Guess Customs at Detroit Metropolitan Airport is so crappy it's a terrorits magnet.
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