Security Alert as Two Indian Passesngers Vanish from Plane

Dubai: Two airline passengers sparked a major security scare at Dubai International Airport yesterday, when they disappeared from a plane – leaving their luggage in the hold.
Mystery continued to surround the men’s movements as no trace of them was found even though they went missing at midnight.
The passengers, both Indians, were on Jazeera Airways Flight J9422 from Kuwait to New Delhi. They vanished during a stopover in Dubai, causing a two-hour delay before the plane was cleared for take-off.
Their luggage was unloaded from the aircraft and passed to security staff for inspection.
The drama prompted a warning from a top immigration official that transit passengers found wandering around the airport without valid documents will be dealt with severely.
Jazeera Airways’s station manager in Dubai confirmed the incident had taken place – and said an extensive search failed to locate the missing pair.
“We do not know where they have gone,” he said.
“They were not supposed to get off the plane and should have remained seated during the stopover.
“The flight could not take off until we offloaded their baggage as it concerns the safety and security of other passengers on the plane.” He said the men would not have been able to leave the airport unless they had UAE residence visas or managed to obtain visit visas in the arrivals area of the airport.
05/08/07 Anjana Sankar/Emirates Today, UAE

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