6 Passengers Taken Off Plane at MSP

Six men were removed from an airplane at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Monday evening.

Sources say the men, of Middle Eastern ethnicity, behaved in a manner that caused the crew to be concerned.

The men were taken off the plane after it returned to the gate and are being questioned by authorities.

The remaining passengers were also taken off the flight, U.S. Airways flight 300, bound for Phoenix.

Those passengers are being re-screened for boarding.

There were 170 passengers on board the plane, which is a Boeing 757.

Interesting that these men were also headed to Phoenix, as was Sisayehiticha Dinssa. Dinssa you might recall was arrested last week at the Detroit Metropolitan Airport carrying nearly $80,000 in cash and a laptop computer containing information about nuclear materials and cyanide. You can read the original story here.

And today’s update of that story below.
Update:

ABC 5 Eyewitness News is now reporting that the men refused to get off the plane when asked and were subsequently removed by law enforcement officers.