Wednesday, 22. September 2004

Topic: Terror - on September 22, 2004 at 10:59:00 AM CEST

Passenger Cat Stevens Gets Plane Diverted

A London-to-Washington flight was diverted to Maine when it was discovered that passenger Yusuf Islam — formerly known as singer Cat Stevens — was on a government watch list and barred from entering the country. United Airlines Flight 919 was en route to Dulles International Airport when the match was made Tuesday between a passenger and a name on the watch list, said Nico Melendez, a spokesman for the Transportation Security Administration.

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