FBI agents storm JetBlue plane at JFK after hijacking 'false alarm
By Karma Allen
FBI agents descended upon a packed JetBlue flight in New York after a radio error signaled that the plane may have been hijacked, authorities said.Authorities at John F. Kennedy International in Queens, New York, activated the airport's hijacking protocols at around 8 p.m. Tuesday, just before takeoff, when the aircraft lost radio contact, and triggered a massive police response.Flight crew members re-established the connection about 15 minutes later and indicated that it was a false alarm, but the breach proceedings couldn't be recalled at that point, Port Authority officials said.
Terrified passengers were seen with their hands up in the air as heavily armed FBI and Port Authority officers inspected the Los Angeles-bound flight, according to social media video.
"Woah. My worst nightmare," one passenger wrote in a tweet. "I honestly thought we were going to die. I AM ALIVE THANK GOSH I MEDITATE." Another passenger described the incident at "traumatizing." The travelers were ordered to keep their hands up until authorities could deem the flight safe.
Some video in the link below:
https://abcnews.go.com/Travel/fbi-agents-storm-jetblue-plane-jfk-hijacking-false/story?id=56193097
One report said 'the pilot' wrote his cell phone number on a piece of paper and put it in the window for the SWAT team to call to sort things out. Someone thought it meant he was being held under duress. Company ops phone numbers are usually not published but can easily be found in the manuals, charts and flight papers even in this electronic tablet age in my experience. How can you go lost comm on the ground at JFK for any length of time?