Some discussion on Usenet about the way a planeload of FR pax were treated at EMA during a 'security alert' last week... sounds well out of order to me:
"...we were met by armed police, held on the plane for a
further 30 mins.
After that time we were taken off the plane, held for 4 hours in a secure area, full of armed police, refused access to food, drink and only limited access to toilets etc.
We were not given any indication as to why we were held.
Eventually, we were advised that our luggage had been taken off our flight, the flight cancelled and we were re-checked by security, only to be re-united with our luggage. At that time we were 8 hours into our travels."
See the full discussion:
http://tinyurl.com/46luf
OK... whinging pax... should be happy to co-operate... 'if you think security is trouble, try the alternative'..., etc. etc. - I can hear the arguments already. But I think the complainer has a point - how much longer can our industry survive fiascos like this?
R1
My question is this, are the police legally allowed to keep 190 people
captive for over 5 hours?