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1. Twice fighter jets called to escort airliners
Military commanders twice scrambled fighter jets Sunday to escort commercial aircraft to safe landings after receiving reports of suspicious behavior by passengers on each flight.
No one was injured, but nerves were certainly rattled as the security concerns came on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command sent two F-16s to escort a Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers made repeated trips to the bathroom. It also sent a pair of the fighters to shadow a Denver-to-Detroit Frontier Airlines flight after the crew reported that two people were spending "an extraordinarily long time" in a bathroom, Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuck said.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said a "security concern" was brought to the airline's attention and the crew used "normal procedures" to assess the circumstances.
On the flight, the three passengers made frequent trips to the bathroom and some thought they were using hand signals to communicate, a law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity. The men were cleared and sent on their way, the official said.
The jets intercepted Flight 34 about 100 miles west of New York and shadowed it until it landed at Kennedy Airport, said John Cornelio, spokesman for NORAD. He described the measure as precautionary.
After Frontier Flight 623 landed in Detroit, the jet taxied to a pad away from the terminal, and police took the three passengers into custody, Kowalchuck said.
The three escorted off the plane in handcuffs included two men and a woman, said passenger Ilona Hajdar of Charlotte, Mich. They were later released, and no charges were filed against them, airport spokesman Scott Wintner said.
Flight 623 originated in San Diego before stopping at Denver International Airport on its way to Detroit.
In Denver, the FBI said that NORAD scrambled F-16s to shadow the plane "out of an abundance of caution."
FBI Detroit spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said ultimately authorities determined there was no threat.
"Due to the anniversary of Sept. 11, all precautions were taken, and any slight inconsistency was taken seriously," Berchtold said. "The public would rather us err on the side of caution than not."
Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
1. Twice fighter jets called to escort airliners
Military commanders twice scrambled fighter jets Sunday to escort commercial aircraft to safe landings after receiving reports of suspicious behavior by passengers on each flight.
No one was injured, but nerves were certainly rattled as the security concerns came on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The North American Aerospace Defense Command sent two F-16s to escort a Los Angeles-to-New York American Airlines flight after three passengers made repeated trips to the bathroom. It also sent a pair of the fighters to shadow a Denver-to-Detroit Frontier Airlines flight after the crew reported that two people were spending "an extraordinarily long time" in a bathroom, Frontier spokesman Peter Kowalchuck said.
American Airlines spokesman Tim Smith said a "security concern" was brought to the airline's attention and the crew used "normal procedures" to assess the circumstances.
On the flight, the three passengers made frequent trips to the bathroom and some thought they were using hand signals to communicate, a law enforcement official said on condition of anonymity. The men were cleared and sent on their way, the official said.
The jets intercepted Flight 34 about 100 miles west of New York and shadowed it until it landed at Kennedy Airport, said John Cornelio, spokesman for NORAD. He described the measure as precautionary.
After Frontier Flight 623 landed in Detroit, the jet taxied to a pad away from the terminal, and police took the three passengers into custody, Kowalchuck said.
The three escorted off the plane in handcuffs included two men and a woman, said passenger Ilona Hajdar of Charlotte, Mich. They were later released, and no charges were filed against them, airport spokesman Scott Wintner said.
Flight 623 originated in San Diego before stopping at Denver International Airport on its way to Detroit.
In Denver, the FBI said that NORAD scrambled F-16s to shadow the plane "out of an abundance of caution."
FBI Detroit spokeswoman Sandra Berchtold said ultimately authorities determined there was no threat.
"Due to the anniversary of Sept. 11, all precautions were taken, and any slight inconsistency was taken seriously," Berchtold said. "The public would rather us err on the side of caution than not."
Aviation NEWS By
Neha Jain
Aviation NEWS Reporter
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