Police arrested 12 people aboard a U.S. flight bound for India that was diverted to Amsterdam Wednesday after they displayed suspicous behavior relating to mobile phones. Police spokesman Rob Staenacker said he could not disclose the nationalities of the people taken from the Northwest DC-10 after it was diverted over German airspace, or the nature of the suspicions against them. “I can tell you 12 people have been arrested,” he said.An American passenger, who identified herself only as Alpa, told AP Television News that she saw about a dozen people taken off the aircraft in handcuffs who appeared to be of South Asian origin.
A U.S. government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, citing the sensitive nature of the subject, said that crew members and air marshals observed the passengers attempting to use cell phones and passing cell phones among themselves while the airliner was taking off.
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