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Friday, September 5, 2014
A custody investigation led the FBI to request that United Airlines Flight 897 to China return to Washington Dulles International Airport today, an FBI official told ABC News.
The flight, which departed shortly after noon for Beijing, returned to Dulles about five hours later after the FBI was alerted that a child on board was allegedly taken out of the country illegally by his mother, the official said.
After the flight returned, the child's mother was taken into custody. She is expected to appear in federal court Friday afternoon.
The child was then reunited with his father. The child's grandmother, who was also on the plane, was removed from the plane but was not arrested.
A United statement said the plane returned to Dulles “at the request of law enforcement.”
The flight continued and departed Dulles at 7:47 p.m. ET. Arrival in Beijing is scheduled for around 9:30 p.m. local time.
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