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Military Charter Held at BGR on CBP Paperwork Issue
For the 102 U.S. troops returning from Afghanistan and Kuwait on Delta flight 8964, getting off the plane was fairly routine and featured a hero’s welcome from the Maine Troop Greeters in attendance. It was a different story for the 112 Department of Defense contractors — those hired to fly drones, do intelligence analysis, fix computers and other jobs — some of whom were kept on the plane for more than seven hours as their baggage was methodically inspected and cleared through U.S. Customs. (bangordailynews.com) More...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
Since when are any of those things prohibited? You can buy any of those things in any outdoor store or get them from the internet in almost any country. Does anyone think terrorists haven't figured out where to get gas masks and helmets but still somehow managed to get their semtex and surface to air missile supply all sewed up? Besides, they were being brought into the country not out of it. This is just stupid.
Time to find a another entry airport
I flew through there on a charter and spent several hours for a 1 hour entry.
If BGR continues to be such a pain, Plattsburg would probably love to get all that traffic.
That's a fact. That beautiful conversion military to civilian needs the business.
Only the contractors were detained, as I read the article. Was Customs tipped off about questionable ownership of missing military equipment on-board or other contraband possibly being smuggled into the US?