Continental's embarrassment - or is it?

[brian.crissie]

I imagine that the best course of action (without second guessing law enforcements' standards) would be to

• identify the problem and location of the fugitive on board
• determine if any air marshals are on board
• if so, continue on to final destination to arouse the least suspicion

I imagine that this is the likeliest scenario that occurred and led to the continuation of the flight