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http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/06/pas...ion=cnn_latest

Men detained 3 hours for school materials
FBI: Israeli, four Angolans on airliner posed no threat

Saturday, May 6, 2006; Posted: 10:42 p.m. EDT (02:42 GMT)


Passenger Cherie Morris says she did not see the five men taken into
custody behaving strangely during the flight.
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NEWARK, New Jersey (AP) -- Five airline passengers speaking in foreign
languages and carrying "aircraft flight materials" were briefly
detained Saturday until authorities determined they were simply
returning to their home countries after attending a U.S. helicopter
training school.

Fellow passengers on American Airlines Flight 1874, which had departed
from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, became suspicious of the
men, said Steven Siegel, a spokesman for the FBI's Newark office.

A federal marshal on the plane notified authorities at Newark Liberty
International Airport about the men's behavior. (Watch as a passenger
describes what happened during the flight -- 1:44)

The men -- identified only as four Angolan military personnel and an
Israeli -- had attended helicopter training school in Texas, Siegel
said.

Police officers from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
which operates the airport, took the men into custody soon after the
plane landed around 3:20 p.m., said a Port Authority spokesman.

After being questioned by authorities, the men were released around 6
p.m., Siegel said.

The plane was carrying 121 passengers and five crew members. All other
passengers had been released.