Saturday, August 26 2006 11:03 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: The 12 Indian passengers of a Mumbai-bound Northwest Airlines flight, who are detained and later released in Amstredam following suspicious behaviour on a US airliner, arrived here early today.

The Northwest Airlines flight 'NW042' from Amsterdam, carrying the passengers, reaches the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Terminal at 0215 am, delayed by 4 hours.

Immediately after arrival, one of the passengers says a 'misunderstanding' on part of the airline created the two-day embroglio and they are treated well by the Dutch authorities.

"It was a misunderstanding on the part of the airline. We were treated well and want to forget it as a bad experience," Mohammad Iqbal Batliwala, one of the passengers tells sources on arrival at the city airport.

Batliwala refuses to comment further saying he is tired.

Another passenger Shakeel Chotani says, "The misunderstanding has been sorted out." Meanwhile the remaining passengers refuse to speak to the waiting media and are taken away by the relatives.

The passengers took more than one hour to come out of the terminal building after landing of their aircraft.

There is commotion outside the terminal building when the passengers are encircled by the waiting media to get their reactions.