‘Frisky’ US airline dumps Palau leader
4 April 2008Palau President Tommy Remengesau Jr. had just completed a two-day state visit to the Philippines and was not about to subject himself to the indignity of being frisked before boarding his US plane back to his island nation.But the crew of Continental Micronesia Airlines Flight CO 892 was adamant. Their priority was security rather than courtesy, even for a head of state.
After a two-hour standoff, the plane left without Remengesau and his wife Debbie.
In a strange coincidence, the aircraft was recalled back to Manila minutes after it took off following “intelligence information†to the Manila Control Tower from the Philippine Air Force that a bomb might be on board.
source: Inquirer.net
