U.S. authorities take custody of man removed from flight amid security risk

June 2, 2010 by legitgov

U.S. authorities take custody of man removed from flight amid security risk --Flight made sudden stop in Canada after American officials asked that it be diverted from U.S. 01 Jun 2010 A man whose presence on a transcontinental flight last weekend caused the plane to be grounded in Montreal has been abruptly shipped to the United States. The Canada Border Services Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Abdirahman Ali Gaal was turned over to U.S. officials at 4 p.m. Tuesday. "Mr. Gaal, a legal permanent resident (of the U.S.), was returned to the United States where he is currently being questioned by DHS," department spokesman Matt Chandler wrote in an email from Washington.