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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Lucy Thackray

Emirates NYC flight forced to turn back to Athens due to ‘suspicious passenger’

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A transatlantic Emirates flight was ordered to turn around on Thursday night due to “security concerns” raised by US authorities.

Flight EK209, which was due to travel from Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to New York City on 10 November, made it to the airspace over Sardinia (around 800 miles west) before being instructed to turn back.

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