No-Fly False Alarm Delays Emirates Flight

Updated at 1:28 p.m. EDT

An Emirates flight leaving New York was temporarily delayed after two of its passengers were falsely matched to the government's no-fly list.

Emirates flight 204, bound for Dubai, was eventually cleared for departure from John F. Kennedy International Airport after an investigation showed reports of the no-fly passengers turned out to be mistaken, Customs and Border Protection told CBS News.

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