FREDERICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: The U.S. war on terror both on the ground and in the air -- in fact, right now, suspicions on board an Air India flight heading from London's Heathrow to New York. Now we get the latest from Washington from CNN's Susan Candiotti who has the latest on that. Hi there, Susan. What's the latest?</s>SUSAN CANDIOTTI, CNN NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT: Hi, Fredericka. The reason the FBI is monitoring this flight and will be meeting this flight is because of this: Apparently, one of the passengers aboard this Air India flight from Heathrow headed to JFK Airport, the name of the person is, in the words of an FBI official, similar to or very close to the name of someone who is on an international terrorist watch list. And so, in the words of an FBI official, in an abundance of caution, the FBI will be meeting this plane when it lands at JFK Airport. Now at the present time, the FBI says it has no specific information as to precisely which agency in the U.K. alerted the FBI and possibly other U.S. agencies about the situation, although in the words of the FBI, apparently someone at the very least from Air India, which would have been checking the names of the passengers aboard that flight, would have notified authorities. And so, we understand the FBI, again, will be meeting this Air India flight once it lands at JFK Airport. FBI agents will interview the passenger in question to make sure that the person is who they say they are and that the person is not the same as the person named on the international watch list -- Fredericka.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Thanks very much, Susan. Appreciate that. TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
FBI Monitoring Air India Flight to New York