[amc] Singer Cat Stevens Denied U.S. Entry, Flight Diverted
- From: "Micheal J. McEvoy" <chewy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <amc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Catherina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 09:41:03 -0500 (CDT)
I guess they are a bit paranoid.
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Singer Cat Stevens Denied U.S. Entry, Flight Diverted
Wed Sep 22,12:59 AM ET
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The former pop singer Cat Stevens, now known as Yusuf
Islam, was denied entry to the United States and his flight from London was
diverted to Maine, after his name turned up on a watch list, a U.S.
transportation security official said.
United Flight 919 enroute to Washington was diverted to Bangor where Islam was
questioned and detained by federal authorities who planned to put him on a
return flight early Wednesday, the official said.
U.S. Customs and border protection authorities discovered that the name
matched a federal watch list by checking passenger information transmitted by
the airline after the flight departed from London, the official said.
The Washington Post, citing sources familiar with the event reported that
Islam, whose name is listed as "Usef Islam," is on several government watch
lists, including the no-fly list.
United Airlines spokesman Jeff Green said the carrier was asked by the
Transportation Security Administration to divert the plane to Maine for
security reasons.
The TSA had the flight diverted to Maine to keep it out of the Northeast
corridor airspace, TSA spokesman Nico Melendez said.
The flight, with the remaining passengers, departed for Dulles International
Airport after about four hours on the ground and landed at Dulles around 9
p.m., Melendez said.
Cat Stevens had a string of pop hits in the early 1970s including "Moonshadow"
and "Wild World" before converting to Islam in late 1977.
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