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USAF Fighter Jets Scramble to Escort Air France Plane to JFK Airport
USAF Fighter Jets Scramble to Escort Air France Plane to JFK Airport
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Two American fighter jets were scrambled to accompany an Air France Airbus A-330 to JFK airport in New York City on Monday morning following an anonymous... 25.05.2015, Sputnik International
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USAF Fighter Jets Scramble to Escort Air France Plane to JFK Airport
15:26 GMT 25.05.2015 (Updated: 10:14 GMT 06.08.2022) Two American fighter jets were scrambled to accompany an Air France Airbus A-330 to JFK airport in New York City on Monday morning following an anonymous threat made against the flight, ABC News reports.
The Maryland State Police Fusion Center was reported to have received an anonymous phone call about a "chemical weapons threat" aboard Air France Flight 22, on route from Paris to New York.
The threat resulted in the scrambling of two US Air Force fighter jets to accompany the plane to New York, where it will be taken to a safe spot between two runways and placed on lockdown for further investigation.
US officials have since stated that the threat is not considered credible, although they have been unable to reach Air France officials, as Monday is a state holiday in France.
