2nd incident (27dec09) on flight Amsterdam-Detroit

[ATC]

Dec. 27 -
A disruptive passenger on a Northwest Airlines international flight to Detroit was questioned by law enforcement officials today after the plane landed, and was later released.

Federal Bureau of Investigation spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said in a statement that the incident was “not- serious.” She didn’t identify the passenger.

Susan Elliott, a spokeswoman for Atlanta-based Delta, said the flight crew asked law enforcement officers to meet the plane “out of an abundance of caution.” The plane landed without incident.

The flight has the same number, 253, and flew the same route, Amsterdam to Detroit, as the one taken by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a 23-year-old Nigerian, who allegedly attempted to light an explosive as the flight neared the Detroit airport on Christmas Day.

The passenger questioned today, also a Nigerian, “spent an unusually long time in the aircraft lavatory,” Sara Kuban, Department of Homeland Security press secretary, said in a statement. “Indications at this time are that the individual’s behavior is due to legitimate illness, and no other suspicious behavior or materials have been found.”

[regi]

there we go:
the moment that a coloured person stands up, walks to the bathroom , all eyes are focused on him. If he comes out after 10 seconds, it will be general alarm : "he planted a bomb"
If he stays in 30 seconds, all male passengers have been thinking: he is planting a bomb, we have to stop him"
The box of Pandora just openend

[earthman]

Actually he stayed in the lavatory for like 15 minutes, courtesy of KLM catering...