Birmingham MP Khalid Mahmood said it was disgraceful the pair seemed to have been judged on their skin colour.
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No, Mahmood, they were apparently behaving suspiciously. Better safe than sorry. If they were so innocent, why was the plane searched after their passports had been examined?
" If they were so innocent, why was the plane searched after their passports had been examined?"
That was a fairly obvious move, if only to reassure the passengers, so I don't think we can draw conclusions of their guilt from that, especially as they were not detained and were allowed to board a later flight.