Threat Concern Prompts DHS to Halt U.S. Based Delta Flights into Kenya - ABC News
Increased fighting in Somalia and recent threat information indicating possible attacks against U.S. interests in East Africa have prompted the Department of Homeland Security to deny Delta Airlines their first direct flights to and from Nairobi, Kenya which were to begin today from the United States.
The flights were to embark from Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson airport and arrive in Nairobi with a welcoming ceremony with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga.
Late on Monday night, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano decided to cancel the flights following recommendations from the Transportation Security Administration. According to one official Napolitano called Delta's CEO to inform Delta of the decision
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