FBI detain two trainee pilots

The FBI have confirmed they have detained two Saudi Arabians in a swoop on two houses in Vero Beach, Florida.

The two had been attending the pilot school, Flight Safety International.

They rented the houses on June 10 2001 for $1400 dollars a month.

They gave up the lease on September 17 after extending it for two weeks then a further three days.

Landlord Paul Steineling said he rented the house to Adnan Bukhari, a man who said he was a commercial pilot from Saudi Arabia.

The man, who lived with his wife and three children, said he was attending a local flight school.

The family, the landlord said, moved out over the weekend.

A friend of the two trainee pilots has been taken to an FBI headquarters at Vero Beach, Miami, Florida, for questioning.